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"I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'"
Daisy Donovan
"I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'"
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"Susan B. Anthony formed the Equal Rights Association, refuted ideas that women were inferior to men, and fought for a woman's right to vote."
Louise Slaughter
"Susan B. Anthony formed the Equal Rights Association, refuted ideas that women were inferior to men, and fought for a woman's right to vote."
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"If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically."
Jean-Paul Sartre
"If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically."
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"The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women - is followed almost immediately by an equally basic and primal urge - which is to be single again."
Nora Ephron
"The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women - is followed almost immediately by an equally basic and primal urge - which is to be single again."
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"Women movements would form among the factory workers, a great mobilisation that destroyed the old models."
Emma Bonino
"Women movements would form among the factory workers, a great mobilisation that destroyed the old models."
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"As it turns out, social scientists have established only one fact about single women's mental health: employment improves it."
Susan Faludi
"As it turns out, social scientists have established only one fact about single women's mental health: employment improves it."
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"Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression."
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"A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down."
Beverly Sills
"A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down."
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"Let's stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the fine work that policemen and women do, we have got to find other solutions to deter crime."
Carrie P. Meek
"Let's stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the fine work that policemen and women do, we have got to find other solutions to deter crime."
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"I like to show as much of a woman as I can. I like to fill things out."
Kelly Lynch
"I like to show as much of a woman as I can. I like to fill things out."
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"High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead."
Christopher Morley
"High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead."
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"I should point out that I was intimately involved with a group of women here a year and a half ago when there was an effort made by a right wing element in the President's party to get him to turn back the clock."
Birch Bayh
"I should point out that I was intimately involved with a group of women here a year and a half ago when there was an effort made by a right wing element in the President's party to get him to turn back the clock."
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"Designing Woman was written for the screen."
Vincente Minnelli
"Designing Woman was written for the screen."
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"The farm women are extremely well organized and are bound to be heard from."
Edith Rogers
"The farm women are extremely well organized and are bound to be heard from."
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"Genetic studies in Iceland have found that many of the women who were the founding stock of Iceland came from England and what is now France. Some were probably captured and carried off in Viking raids only 40 generations ago."
Keith Henson
"Genetic studies in Iceland have found that many of the women who were the founding stock of Iceland came from England and what is now France. Some were probably captured and carried off in Viking raids only 40 generations ago."
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"Women's value has been under-recognized for far too long."
Sidney Sheldon
"Women's value has been under-recognized for far too long."
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"There are so few strong roles for women, especially young women. And Veronica is very serious but also very likable. She's a lone wolf, and it appeals to people that she isn't rich and doesn't have a lot of friends. No posse. She's just like you, like most of us."
Kristen Bell
"There are so few strong roles for women, especially young women. And Veronica is very serious but also very likable. She's a lone wolf, and it appeals to people that she isn't rich and doesn't have a lot of friends. No posse. She's just like you, like most of us."
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"I owe nothing to Women's Lib."
Margaret Thatcher
"I owe nothing to Women's Lib."
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"We all know that, unfortunately, the media does not always portray the good things that are happening in Iraq and Afghanistan, and this will be a great opportunity for us to glean some information from the Iraqi women who are here for us to also take back to our constituents."
Ginny B. Waite
"We all know that, unfortunately, the media does not always portray the good things that are happening in Iraq and Afghanistan, and this will be a great opportunity for us to glean some information from the Iraqi women who are here for us to also take back to our constituents."
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"There's a terrible truth for many women in the picture business: Aging typically takes its toll and means fewer and less desirable roles."
Maureen O'Hara
"There's a terrible truth for many women in the picture business: Aging typically takes its toll and means fewer and less desirable roles."
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"It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom."
Alice Walker
"It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom."
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"Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve."
Alice Paul
"Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve."
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"I'm not sure a world run by women would be any better. They're human beings!"
Sheri S. Tepper
"I'm not sure a world run by women would be any better. They're human beings!"
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"The list of women to potentially be on a major party ticket, in both parties, is embarrassingly short."
Eleanor Clift
"The list of women to potentially be on a major party ticket, in both parties, is embarrassingly short."
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"I'm a simple man. All I want is enough sleep for two normal men, enough whiskey for three, and enough women for four."
Joel Rosenberg
"I'm a simple man. All I want is enough sleep for two normal men, enough whiskey for three, and enough women for four."
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"Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women's issues."
Charlotte Bunch
"Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women's issues."
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"We Abolition Women are turning the world upside down."
Angelina Grimke
"We Abolition Women are turning the world upside down."
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"No stranger ever comes up and talks to me. I'm the invisible woman."
Siobhan Fahey
"No stranger ever comes up and talks to me. I'm the invisible woman."
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"They didn't have college scholarships for women. Had they done that at the time, I may have stayed on for another two Olympics, but the opportunities were not available to women that they have today."
Debbie Meyer
"They didn't have college scholarships for women. Had they done that at the time, I may have stayed on for another two Olympics, but the opportunities were not available to women that they have today."
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"Most women are not as young as they are painted."
Max Beerbohm
"Most women are not as young as they are painted."
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"The problem is with men. I know I shouldn't say this, but they've shrouded and hidden women to hide their incompetence."
John Galliano
"The problem is with men. I know I shouldn't say this, but they've shrouded and hidden women to hide their incompetence."
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"Women have a lot to say about how to advance women's rights, and governments need to learn from that, listen to the movement and respond."
Charlotte Bunch
"Women have a lot to say about how to advance women's rights, and governments need to learn from that, listen to the movement and respond."
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"Look, a lot of women would be turned off with hearing me say how hot I think Brad Pitt is! Know what I mean? So I probably don't help my cause."
Ryan Seacrest
"Look, a lot of women would be turned off with hearing me say how hot I think Brad Pitt is! Know what I mean? So I probably don't help my cause."
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"My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!"
Victoria Beckham
"My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!"
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"It's still not easy to find roles that offer more complex images of women."
Susan Sarandon
"It's still not easy to find roles that offer more complex images of women."
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"This is courtship all the world over - the man all tongue; the woman all ears."
Emily Murphy
"This is courtship all the world over - the man all tongue; the woman all ears."
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"What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women."
Clara Zetkin
"What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women."
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"There was just this amazing individuality. It's just a whole different world of optimism and fearlessness, women taking off their bras and dancing around naked, and a political hopefulness and involvement."
Jill Clayburgh
"There was just this amazing individuality. It's just a whole different world of optimism and fearlessness, women taking off their bras and dancing around naked, and a political hopefulness and involvement."
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"I am tired of angry feminists. I like my women happy, gregarious... and bathed."
Evan Sayet
"I am tired of angry feminists. I like my women happy, gregarious... and bathed."
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"The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there."
Betty Grable
"The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there."
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"With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools."
Glenn Close
"With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools."
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"What a revolting contrast exists in England between the slavery of women and the intellectual superiority of women writers."
Flora Tristan
"What a revolting contrast exists in England between the slavery of women and the intellectual superiority of women writers."
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"And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go."
Lara Flynn Boyle
"And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go."
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"I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this business. You're merchandised, you're a product. You're sold and it's based on sex. But that's okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded."
Megan Fox
"I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this business. You're merchandised, you're a product. You're sold and it's based on sex. But that's okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded."
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"When I was in college, all the pretty women were in the theatre, so I auditioned for a play."
Judd Nelson
"When I was in college, all the pretty women were in the theatre, so I auditioned for a play."
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"I've had women tell me that when their daughters see them taking care of themselves, and being defined from within, and thinking for themselves instead of thinking about that silly culture out there, it's powerful modeling."
Naomi Judd
"I've had women tell me that when their daughters see them taking care of themselves, and being defined from within, and thinking for themselves instead of thinking about that silly culture out there, it's powerful modeling."
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"I did things like Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait. I don't know what those films were about. The women I played in them were not very empowered."
Julie Christie
"I did things like Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait. I don't know what those films were about. The women I played in them were not very empowered."
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"I tend to like very bitchy women. I find myself most attracted to smart, sarcastic, bitchy women."
Lea DeLaria
"I tend to like very bitchy women. I find myself most attracted to smart, sarcastic, bitchy women."
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"Women's virtue is man's greatest invention."
Cornelia Otis Skinner
"Women's virtue is man's greatest invention."
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"When it comes to two of the big social earthquakes in the last fifty years - which are the gay movement and the women's movement - I think there is a direct line from Kinsey to those."
Bill Condon
"When it comes to two of the big social earthquakes in the last fifty years - which are the gay movement and the women's movement - I think there is a direct line from Kinsey to those."
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