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		If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Candace Bushnell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		A lot of women are afraid of loneliness, so when they see a woman who can live alone, then they think, 'Hmm, I can do that.' But you need an example, and that is why I am proud to say I have divorced three husbands. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nawal El Saadawi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I pride myself on not being run of the mill. I don't want to be your umpteenth Fantine in 'Les Miz.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Tucker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Octavia E. Butler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		How can you not love a man banging on the drums? He knows how to keep a rhythm. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malin Akerman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like women with style to wear my shoes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Manolo Blahnik 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. H. Davies 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Women can really be who they are. I'm about to say the F word, feminist. Often that word has such a negative connotation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Kightlinger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A lot of people have the misconception that, as a Muslim woman, I am somehow against women wearing bikinis. No, I want women to feel comfortable and confident in whatever they wear. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Halima Aden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love all women. Women are sublime beings. I love all of it: their eyes, their noses, their bodies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Demarchelier 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've seen myself on those lists of the 100 best guitarists, and if they think that I'm that good, thank them. Thank God for them. But I don't think so. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				B. B. King 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ulysses S. Grant 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ornette Coleman