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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."

"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, American Director

Woman, Women, Gay, Years

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"All women should know how to take care of children. Most of them will have a husband some day."

"All women should know how to take care of children. Most of them will have a husband some day."

Franklin P. Jones, American Journalist

Woman, Women, Husbcare, Children, Day

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"But do not understand me as saying, or for one moment suggesting, that women legislators should confine themselves to doing only social service work. Not at all."

"But do not understand me as saying, or for one moment suggesting, that women legislators should confine themselves to doing only social service work. Not at all."

Edith Rogers, American Politician

Woman, Women, Work, Legislators, Saying

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"It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good."

"It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good."

Maria Mitchell, American Scientist

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"I don't have to announce all the women I've slept with."

"I don't have to announce all the women I've slept with."

David Gest, American Celebrity

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"I have to admit, like so many women, I always knew there was a chance. But like so many women, I never thought it would be me. I never thought I'd hear those devastating words: 'You have breast cancer.'"

"I have to admit, like so many women, I always knew there was a chance. But like so many women, I never thought it would be me. I never thought I'd hear those devastating words: 'You have breast cancer.'"

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, American Politician

Woman, Women, Thought, Cancer, Chance

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"The divine law indeed has excluded women from this ministry, but they endeavour to thrust themselves into it; and since they can effect nothing of themselves, they do all through the agency of others."

"The divine law indeed has excluded women from this ministry, but they endeavour to thrust themselves into it; and since they can effect nothing of themselves, they do all through the agency of others."

John Chrysostom, Greek Clergyman

Woman, Women, Effect, Law, Nothing

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"No longer should women be denied the right to vote, no longer should women be treated as second class citizens, no longer should women not be allowed to be a citizen at all."

"No longer should women be denied the right to vote, no longer should women be treated as second class citizens, no longer should women not be allowed to be a citizen at all."

Ginny B. Waite, American Author

Woman, Women, Class, Right, Vote

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"I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful."

"I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful."

Annie Leibovitz, American Photographer

Woman, Women, Idea, Being, Want

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"I was just talking about women, just in terms of understanding them as much as we can ever understand the opposite sex. I'm trying to let go of certain male approaches to things that you inherit, that you grow up with."

"I was just talking about women, just in terms of understanding them as much as we can ever understand the opposite sex. I'm trying to let go of certain male approaches to things that you inherit, that you grow up with."

Fred Ward, American Actor

Woman, Women, Sex, Talking, Trying

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"I'm getting a lot of roles as women who are very powerful. I think that's a reflection of me as a person."

"I'm getting a lot of roles as women who are very powerful. I think that's a reflection of me as a person."

Melinda Clarke, American Actress

Woman, Women, Reflection

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"I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering."

"I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering."

Yakov Smirnoff, Russian Comedian

Woman, Women, Dream, American, Girls

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"The few bright meteors in man's intellectual horizon could well be matched by women, were she allowed to occupy the same elevated position."

"The few bright meteors in man's intellectual horizon could well be matched by women, were she allowed to occupy the same elevated position."

Ernestine Rose, American Activist

Woman, Women, Man

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"If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can't they fly in space?"

"If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can't they fly in space?"

Valentina Tereshkova, Russian Astronaut

Woman, Women, Russia, Space, Workers

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"Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped."

"Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped."

Victoria Woodhull, American Activist

Woman, Women, Citizenship, Right

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"I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest."

"I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest."

Frank Sinatra, American Musician

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"The whole surf culture is starting to embrace women a lot more."

"The whole surf culture is starting to embrace women a lot more."

Michelle Rodriguez, American Actress

Woman, Women, Culture

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"My illustrious lordship, I'll show you what a woman can do."

"My illustrious lordship, I'll show you what a woman can do."

Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian Artist

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"Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?"

"Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?"

Candice Bergen, American Actress

Woman, Women, Work, Babies

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"We would, however, perform an injustice to the bourgeois women's rights movement if we would regard it as solely motivated by economics. No, this movement also contains a more profound spiritual and moral aspect."

"We would, however, perform an injustice to the bourgeois women's rights movement if we would regard it as solely motivated by economics. No, this movement also contains a more profound spiritual and moral aspect."

Clara Zetkin, German Politician

Woman, Women, Economics, Rights, Injustice

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"I'm no Ripley. I had doubts that I could play her as strongly as she had to be played, but I must say that it was fun exploring that side of myself. Women don't get to do that very often."

"I'm no Ripley. I had doubts that I could play her as strongly as she had to be played, but I must say that it was fun exploring that side of myself. Women don't get to do that very often."

Sigourney Weaver, American Actress

Woman, Women, Fun, Play

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"In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized it was better to buy their own hot cars so they wouldn't have to ride around with jerks."

"In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized it was better to buy their own hot cars so they wouldn't have to ride around with jerks."

Scott Adams, American Cartoonist

Woman, Women, Car

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"Years ago women of my size were considered royalty."

"Years ago women of my size were considered royalty."

Camryn Manheim, American Actress

Woman, Women, Royalty, Years

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"Uma Thurman is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen. She has those wicked eyes - it looks like there is such a brain behind those eyes."

"Uma Thurman is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen. She has those wicked eyes - it looks like there is such a brain behind those eyes."

Joshua Jackson, American Actor

Woman, Women, Eyes

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"Most women don't like good men. They say they want a good buy, but most women always wind up with the bad boy."

"Most women don't like good men. They say they want a good buy, but most women always wind up with the bad boy."

Stephanie Mills, American Musician

Woman, Women, Want, Wind

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"We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp."

"We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

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"No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office."

"No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

Woman, Women, Work, Home, Conservative

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"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

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"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

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"The crowd, still shouting, gives way before us. We plough our way through. Women hold their aprons over their faces and go stumbling away. A roar of fury goes up. A wounded man is being carried off."

"The crowd, still shouting, gives way before us. We plough our way through. Women hold their aprons over their faces and go stumbling away. A roar of fury goes up. A wounded man is being carried off."

Erich Maria Remarque, German Writer

Woman, Women, Being, Faces, Man

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"So I constantly play women who are damaged and out of touch, who are seeking without knowing, or knowing without the skills to transform their lives. But then, that's really the fate of many women today."

"So I constantly play women who are damaged and out of touch, who are seeking without knowing, or knowing without the skills to transform their lives. But then, that's really the fate of many women today."

Olympia Dukakis, American Actress

Woman, Women, Fate, Play, Today

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"It is a hidden fear that somehow, if they are only given a chance, women will suddenly do as they have been done by."

"It is a hidden fear that somehow, if they are only given a chance, women will suddenly do as they have been done by."

Eva Figes, British Writer

Woman, Women, Fear, Chance, Will

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"For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse than any attempt to shoot, which, wicked as it is, is at least more comprehensible and more courageous."

"For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse than any attempt to shoot, which, wicked as it is, is at least more comprehensible and more courageous."

Queen Victoria, British Royalty

Woman, Women, Man

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"I think probably like seeing women fight because we're generally not thought to be strong, especially in the case of this movie."

"I think probably like seeing women fight because we're generally not thought to be strong, especially in the case of this movie."

Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese Actress

Woman, Women, Thought, Fight

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"By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made."

"By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made."

Jenny Shipley, New Zealander Statesman

Woman, Women, Progress, Countries, Newzealander

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"On the other end of the spectrum, these women who do live long enough to collect Social Security face the challenge of being disproportionately dependent on the Social Security system for retirement income."

"On the other end of the spectrum, these women who do live long enough to collect Social Security face the challenge of being disproportionately dependent on the Social Security system for retirement income."

Ginny B. Waite, American Author

Woman, Women, Being, Challenge, End

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"Last but not least among serial killer methodologies, we have women who kill their own children."

"Last but not least among serial killer methodologies, we have women who kill their own children."

Pat Brown, American Entertainer

Woman, Women, Children

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"When a baby is in the room with two women, and one is considered more beautiful than the other, the infant's eyes will go to the more beautiful one."

"When a baby is in the room with two women, and one is considered more beautiful than the other, the infant's eyes will go to the more beautiful one."

Susan Anton, American Actress

Woman, Women, Baby, Eyes, Will

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"Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more."

"Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more."

Nicolas de Chamfort, French Writer

Woman, Women, Evil, Man, May

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"I certainly think that 10 to 20 years from now, clearly the majority of veterinarians will be women."

"I certainly think that 10 to 20 years from now, clearly the majority of veterinarians will be women."

Richard Adams, English Clergyman

Woman, Women, Majority, Now, Will

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"And I like the way Cain writes his women. Very strong. They're kind of lusty, they know what they want, they're full of conviction. Cain's women are sexual."

"And I like the way Cain writes his women. Very strong. They're kind of lusty, they know what they want, they're full of conviction. Cain's women are sexual."

Pia Zadora, American Actress

Woman, Women, Conviction, Want

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"I've had women come up to me and say I was the reason they went to law school."

"I've had women come up to me and say I was the reason they went to law school."

Susan Dey, American Actress

Woman, Women, Law, Reason, School

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"I think Kellie Martin, Reese Witherspoon and Claire Danes represent the future for women in film, and I would be honored to share the stage with any one of them."

"I think Kellie Martin, Reese Witherspoon and Claire Danes represent the future for women in film, and I would be honored to share the stage with any one of them."

Fred Savage, American Actor

Woman, Women, Film, Future, Martin

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"I find that a lot of women respond to my work in that it doesn't make them feel bad about themselves."

"I find that a lot of women respond to my work in that it doesn't make them feel bad about themselves."

Heather Donahue, American Actress

Woman, Women, Work

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"You would never expect a black woman to be the hero."

"You would never expect a black woman to be the hero."

Sanaa Lathan, American Actress

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"You can't raise the standard of women's morals by raising their pay envelope. It lies deeper than that."

"You can't raise the standard of women's morals by raising their pay envelope. It lies deeper than that."

Billy Sunday, American Clergyman

Woman, Women, Lies, Morals

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"How can women be as thin as we are? We have personal trainers to work us out. We have specially prepared meals."

"How can women be as thin as we are? We have personal trainers to work us out. We have specially prepared meals."

Sarah Michelle Gellar, American Actress

Woman, Women, Work

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"And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike."

"And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike."

Wanda Sykes, American Comedian

Woman, Women, Being, Comedy

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"Like I said, I've got too much respect for women to marry them, but that doesn't mean you can't support them emotionally and financially."

"Like I said, I've got too much respect for women to marry them, but that doesn't mean you can't support them emotionally and financially."

Sylvester Stallone, American Actor

Woman, Women, Respect, Support

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"It's a trip but it hasn't crossed over to the point where women are throwing their panties at me."

"It's a trip but it hasn't crossed over to the point where women are throwing their panties at me."

Taye Diggs, American Actor

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