Johanna Siguroardottir Quotes

The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality, recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale.

Johanna Siguroardottir

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• In terms of my involvement in 'don't ask, don't tell' and marriage equality and anti-bullying and social emotional learning in schools - these are all things that arise out of my relationship with the world and with my fans.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • World
  • Relationship
  • Learning

• After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change.

  

  Manju Warrier
  • Women
  • Change
  • Marriage

• I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • World
  • Work
  • Men

• It became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality.

  

  Zachary Quinto
  • Life
  • Work
  • Road

• Our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country.

  

  Zachary Quinto
  • Country
  • Society
  • Gay

• Everyone in Hollywood is seeking fame and fortune; it's in the water here. Everyone from young women to old men - they all want it.

  

  Karrine Steffans
  • Men
  • Women
  • Water

• I want to encourage women to take control of their health.

  

  Laila Ali
  • Women
  • Control
  • Health

• In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt!

  

  Halle Berry
  • Men
  • Women
  • Strong

• Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. In many ways, we have regressed because they were into organic food, back to nature, make love not war, be good to all men, share and share alike - which is what many are talking about now.

  

  Imelda Staunton
  • Men
  • War
  • Nature

• I think one challenge is that having few women in your work environment makes you feel a little isolated and alone. I'm an extrovert; I like talking to people, and I make friends easily, but if your personality is somewhat different, I think you would struggle to connect with people.

  

  Padmasree Warrior
  • People
  • Work
  • Different

• Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.

  

  Edgardo Osorio
  • World
  • Great
  • Women

• There's something really unique about 'Orphan Black' is that it has a lot of female leads, so it's about a lot of women's stories, but it's not women's stories in terms of trying to find a guy or keep a guy; it's about entirely other things.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • Women
  • Trying
  • Guy

• The beautiful 1940s women were a strong influence for me.

  

  Rachel Roy
  • Women
  • Beautiful
  • Strong

• The women's movement ruined a permanent vacation.

  

  Natasha Leggero
  • Women
  • Movement
  • Vacation

• Women eat while they are talking; men talk while they are eating.

  

  Malcolm de Chazal
  • Men
  • Women
  • Eating

• I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Men
  • Women
  • Love

• I feel like I'm here to bust those misconceptions and stereotypes of Muslim women.

  

  Halima Aden
  • Women
  • Feel
  • Stereotypes

• It takes me so long to get tired of a man. It's women that are the problem. Don't get me wrong. I think men have their problems just as much as women.

  

  Garry Shandling
  • Men
  • Long
  • Women

• I wanted to write with emotional honesty and tell a story people could connect with. And I wanted people to know how the foster system in America fails children; and how, at 18, they fall through the cracks. Then we can all work together and give support.

  

  Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  • People
  • Work
  • Children

• My nature is to be linear, and when I'm not, I feel really proud of myself.

  

  Cynthia Weil
  • Nature
  • Proud

• Paintings are memories. Memories of the painter who painted them. Memories that can be shared as well. Paintings are things to remember things by.

  

  James Rosenquist
  • Remember
  • Memories

• Academic training in beauty is a sham. We have been deceived... The beauties of the Parthenon, Venuses, Nymphs, Narcissuses are so many lies. Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Art
  • Brain
  • Training

• I love the English aesthetic; in a way, I feel it is close to my own, a beautiful chaos; it is a powerful mix of the past and the present.

  

  Alessandro Michele
  • Beautiful
  • Past
  • Powerful

• The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality, recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale.

  

  Johanna Siguroardottir
  • Women
  • Equality