Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.Simone de Beauvoir
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The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling.
Zig Ziglar -
I like to think I'm a role model for women. But I also don't like to just limit it to women. I like to think I'm a role model for human beings in general.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
There are so many more women and men who deserve opportunities. People of color. Period.
Octavia Spencer -
If women had to promise to provide for a man for a lifetime before he removed his veil and showed her his smile, would we think of this as a system of female privilege?
Warren Farrell -
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 -
Woman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of woman's attention.
Camille Paglia
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In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.
Harriet Harman -
Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?
Patricia Clarkson -
I don't believe in categorising a gender, as it makes for discord. People always say, 'That's what men are like' or, 'That's what women do'; I don't really feel that at all. I think that's because I have two fathers, three brothers, a husband and two sons. I'm surrounded by maleness, and I couldn't possibly summarise them into a type.
Natascha McElhone -
Your results are very quantifiable. And nobody can take those results away from you. They are yours... All of that, I think, is very good for women.
Abagail Johnson -
The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.
Larry Elder -
I love to wear lingerie. The problem is that men always rip it off too quickly. When women are dolled up in lingerie they feel sexy. So let us wear it for five minutes.
Karen McDougal
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I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?
Mae West -
If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset?
Van Wyck Brooks -
Men are more particular, and they're not going to grab something with a bodice-ripper cover on it.
Karin Slaughter -
I really think that women should be allowed to be more European, in this country.
Sally Kirkland -
When a garment is in sync with your body and its proportions, it looks and feels amazing, and in France that is something that all women know from a young age.
L'Wren Scott -
I know a lot of the work that paved the way for women happened before I was around... I was never that feminist girl demanding equality, but maybe that's because I've never really faced inequality.
Kaley Cuoco
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To see two couples that are battling to make it work just shows that love is in a marriage, but there are also trials and things that you have to make it through and showing women and men how to keep it spicy.
Kyla Pratt -
Albania is at risk and we are living in difficult times.
Fatos Nano -
When you’re young, hungry and stupid you’ll do whatever it takes.
Kai Ryssdal -
Without slavery the rebellion could never have existed; without slavery it could not continue.
Abraham Lincoln -
I could do a few more sit-ups and my waistline would be less difficult.
Erykah Badu -
When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.
Simone de Beauvoir