Abby Wambach Quotes
When I look in the mirror, I don't see a person who's made the kind of impact that Mia Hamm made on the game. She's still my idol, the greatest player and the greatest teammate. She achieved so much in so many different ways. What she did for women's soccer can't be measured.
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That's the joy of getting to be an actor - getting to play all kinds of different roles and showing so many different sides of yourself.
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We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.
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Being body positive is really important to your overall happiness. It's hard to see someone with a 'perfect' body and be like, 'Why can't I be like her?' But that person was born to be who she is, and you're born to be who you are.
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I've always been a bit of a poser. I was chucked out of ballet lessons for looking in the mirror.
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Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.
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I think as women, the smarter and more powerful we are, the more it can be threatening and alienating to other people, more than with men. That's something we need to support each other with.
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One cannot understand what's happening to women in the Middle East if they don't realize that the mothers are a strong, progressive force. The mothers push the daughters to get out of the harem, to get the education, to achieve what they could not even dream of.
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Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way. Because she was such an independently opinionated and spirited young woman, which at the time was unheard of.
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My mom was always keen I stayed in school and got good grades, and she was always keen for me to do medicine. I used to go to drama classes when I was younger, and she would always take me. But when I got to an age when I decided it was what I wanted to do, when she accepted it, she had actually been the most supportive person ever.
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If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's the best way to learn.
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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.
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In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.
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Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people to suppose that a piece of material covering the hair strips a woman of the ability to speak English, pursue a career, work a remote control.
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Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?
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She was deeply passionate about the sacred feminine.
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They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes. They shouldn't look like fashion victims.
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I think with Blair Witch and The Sixth Sense, people are much more open to something that is different.
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I was sued by a woman who claimed that she became pregnant because she watched me on television and I bent her contraceptive coil.
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The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema, so the movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.
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We know from many experiences that this is what the work of art does: its life - in which we have shared the alien existences both of this world and of that different world to which the work of art alone gives us access - unwillingly accuses our lives.
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As far as investors and customers are concerned, I make it a point to answer each and every piece of mail that comes to me.
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The fear of old age is something that one feels when they're younger. Once you get to being old, you're already there, so you don't even think about it anymore.
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Charles Haley changed the way the Cowboys played football in the 90s. And the reason why I say that is because he was such a dominant force coming off the edge, where it took two and three to block him.
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When I look in the mirror, I don't see a person who's made the kind of impact that Mia Hamm made on the game. She's still my idol, the greatest player and the greatest teammate. She achieved so much in so many different ways. What she did for women's soccer can't be measured.
