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"Women's propaganda must touch upon all those questions which are of great importance to the general proletarian movement. The main task is, indeed, to awaken the women's class consciousness and to incorporate them into the class struggle."

"Women's propaganda must touch upon all those questions which are of great importance to the general proletarian movement. The main task is, indeed, to awaken the women's class consciousness and to incorporate them into the class struggle."

Clara Zetkin, German Politician

Woman, Women, Class, Consciousness, Importance

32

"Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers."

"Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

32

"The natural superiority of women is a biological fact, and a socially acknowledged reality."

"The natural superiority of women is a biological fact, and a socially acknowledged reality."

Ashley Montagu, English Scientist

Woman, Women, Superiority, Fact, Reality

32

"I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it."

"I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

32

"I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy."

"I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy."

Yves Saint Laurent, French Designer

Woman, Women, Clothes, Famous, Joy

32

"I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot."

"I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

32

"He's 85 and he's met another woman. Still, at 85, why ever not?"

"He's 85 and he's met another woman. Still, at 85, why ever not?"

Christine Keeler, English Model

32

"I really think that women should be allowed to be more European, in this country."

"I really think that women should be allowed to be more European, in this country."

Sally Kirkland, American Actress

Woman, Women, Country

32

"The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it."

"The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it."

Roseanne Barr, American Actress

Woman, Women, Power

32

"When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier."

"When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier."

Rudyard Kipling, English Writer

Woman, Women, Afghanistan, Jest

32

"It's only women who are not really quite women at all, frivolous women who have no idea, who neglect repairs."

"It's only women who are not really quite women at all, frivolous women who have no idea, who neglect repairs."

Marguerite Duras, French Novelist

Woman, Women, Idea, Neglect

32

"The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized."

"The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized."

Katherine Dunn, American Novelist

Woman, Women, Schools, Violence

32

"Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo - Jo being the writer and the misfit."

"Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo - Jo being the writer and the misfit."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Woman, Women, Being, Girls, Writer

32

"Man is a question; woman is an answer. The mistake women make today is to offer themselves as answers before being questioned."

"Man is a question; woman is an answer. The mistake women make today is to offer themselves as answers before being questioned."

Jose Bergamin, Spanish Writer

Woman, Women, Mistake, Answers, Being

32

"I think women are taught to ask permission about everything. We don't realize that we are entitled and we do have a say in our lives."

"I think women are taught to ask permission about everything. We don't realize that we are entitled and we do have a say in our lives."

Doris Roberts, American Actress

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"I could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there."

"I could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there."

Connie Sellecca, American Actress

Woman, Women, Comfort, Talk

32

"Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters."

"Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters."

Philip Stanhope, British Statesman

Woman, Women, Growth, Children, Man

32

"To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula."

"To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula."

Bela Lugosi, Austrian Actor

32

"Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it's cheaper to produce and therefore more accessible for women. But the very form of stand-up is masculine."

"Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it's cheaper to produce and therefore more accessible for women. But the very form of stand-up is masculine."

Kate Clinton, American Comedian

32

"It's the kind of clothes that mothers and daughters can wear, in terms of concept... It's not about age. It's about taste, and it's about lifestyle. I believe women of all ages can wear anything."

"It's the kind of clothes that mothers and daughters can wear, in terms of concept... It's not about age. It's about taste, and it's about lifestyle. I believe women of all ages can wear anything."

Ralph Lauren, American Designer

Woman, Women, Age, Clothes, Daughters

31

"Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?"

"Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?"

Tyra Banks, American Model

31

"I am tired of angry feminists. I like my women happy, gregarious... and bathed."

"I am tired of angry feminists. I like my women happy, gregarious... and bathed."

Evan Sayet, American Comedian

31

"In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a woman."

"In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a woman."

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

31

"The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation."

"The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation."

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American Activist

Woman, Women, Church, Bible

31

"I want women to be liberated and still be able to have a nice ass and shake it."

"I want women to be liberated and still be able to have a nice ass and shake it."

Shirley MacLaine, American Actress

Woman, Women, Want

31

"I loved Veronica right off the bat. She was so strong and I think it is so important because there are so few shows that portray women, especially young women, as being strong and being able to stand up for themselves."

"I loved Veronica right off the bat. She was so strong and I think it is so important because there are so few shows that portray women, especially young women, as being strong and being able to stand up for themselves."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Woman, Women, Being, Right

31

"When there are no women on the tour it can get awful and ugly - constant horrible jokes and gross behaviour. It needs to be leavened with a feminine presence."

"When there are no women on the tour it can get awful and ugly - constant horrible jokes and gross behaviour. It needs to be leavened with a feminine presence."

Evan Dando, American Musician

Woman, Women, Jokes, Needs, Ugly

31

"The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film."

"The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film."

Kim Cattrall, English Actress

Woman, Women, Film, Theatre

31

"People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do."

"People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do."

Joan Jett, American Musician

Woman, Women, People, Want

31

$"In 1969, when I graduated from Harvard Law School, women and minorities made up a tiny fraction of the first year associates accepted by top law firms."$

"In 1969, when I graduated from Harvard Law School, women and minorities made up a tiny fraction of the first year associates accepted by top law firms."

Jane Harman, American Politician

Woman, Women, First, Law, School

31

"A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman."

"A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman."

John Lothrop Motley, American Historian

31

"No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it."

"No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it."

Andrea Dworkin, American Critic

Woman, Women, Needs

31

"Workers, comrades, and you, women of the people, let not this festival of May, the second during the war, pass without protest against the Imperialist Slaughter."

"Workers, comrades, and you, women of the people, let not this festival of May, the second during the war, pass without protest against the Imperialist Slaughter."

Karl Liebknecht, German Politician

Woman, Women, War, People, May

31

"I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing."

"I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing."

Yancy Butler, American Actress

31

"Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?"

"Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?"

Joan Crawford, American Actress

Woman, Women, Faces, Poor

31

"Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau."

"Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

Woman, Women, Heart, Cure

31

"Avon is a unique place to work; we've got family-friendly policies. We have more senior women in high-level management than any other company; 46 percent of our officers are women."

"Avon is a unique place to work; we've got family-friendly policies. We have more senior women in high-level management than any other company; 46 percent of our officers are women."

Andrea Jung, American Businessman

Woman, Women, Family, Work, Management

31

"Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy."

"Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy."

Larry David, American Actor

Woman, Women, Self

31

"Male supremacy has kept woman down. It has not knocked her out."

"Male supremacy has kept woman down. It has not knocked her out."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

31

"The women who inspired this play deserved to be smacked across the head with a meat ax and that, I flatter myself, is exactly what I smacked them with."

"The women who inspired this play deserved to be smacked across the head with a meat ax and that, I flatter myself, is exactly what I smacked them with."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

Woman, Women, Play

31

"There are not many roles where women are really active."

"There are not many roles where women are really active."

Kathleen Quinlan, American Actress

31

"The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste."

"The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

31

"Wilt Chamberlain lied when he said he had 20,000 women."

"Wilt Chamberlain lied when he said he had 20,000 women."

Dennis Rodman, American Athlete

31

"Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women."

"Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women."

Nora Roberts, American Author

Woman, Women, Romance, Fiction

31

"There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack."

"There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack."

Sean Connery, Scottish Actor

Woman, Women, Want

31

"I don't want to be pigeonholed into doing just romantic comedies. But they're fun, and especially for women, it's nice to go to see them and enjoy that breath of fresh air."

"I don't want to be pigeonholed into doing just romantic comedies. But they're fun, and especially for women, it's nice to go to see them and enjoy that breath of fresh air."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Woman, Women, Fun, Romantic, Want

31

"I only take Viagra when I'm with more than one woman."

"I only take Viagra when I'm with more than one woman."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

31

"I am my own woman."

"I am my own woman."

Evita Peron, Argentinian Statesman

31

"What I really need is for people to know that I don't just do this, I do this and this and this and this. We all have creativity in us and we all are multi-dimensional and we are all interested in a lot of things and that women are fabulous. We can handle a lot of things."

"What I really need is for people to know that I don't just do this, I do this and this and this and this. We all have creativity in us and we all are multi-dimensional and we are all interested in a lot of things and that women are fabulous. We can handle a lot of things."

Suzanne Somers, American Actress

Woman, Women, People, Creativity

31

"Personally, I don't think we could do such a show if we didn't get along. The subtext of all this is that we're women in a show so we can't possibly get along. It's not like they write about The Sopranos like that."

"Personally, I don't think we could do such a show if we didn't get along. The subtext of all this is that we're women in a show so we can't possibly get along. It's not like they write about The Sopranos like that."

Kristin Davis, American Actress

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