Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Elaine Johnson) Quotes
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I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the planet - I just like music.
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Benazir Bhutto was an inspirational leader and an inspirational woman.
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The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older.
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Most of Planned Parenthood's work focuses on health care for low-income women: things like screenings for breast cancer and diabetes, and family planning.
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There are lots of women I look up to, but mentors are someone you talk to and not just admire. A lot of my friends that I trust are my mentors.
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Women know when they've got the menopause but men don't quite know. They know it afterwards.
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Women always try to see the one good part of The Weird Guy because the dating landscape is so bleak. Women will say, 'He's very odd, but he likes to cook. He's creepy, but he makes good pancakes!'
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Do men drop out of college because they get someone pregnant? Do they quit their job if they get someone pregnant? No. And we do not require men to support women they have made pregnant. Once the baby is born, there can be child support. Before that, though, no.
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I want to tell women in developing countries that they are as powerful as their male counterparts, and they can play an equal role in their respective societies.
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Gay guys love women who are tough, who are survivors. They always call me a diva. And I am a survivor; I've pulled through everything and I've not become bitter about it.
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Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing.
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A society that respects women needs to elect leaders who care more about women's lives than they do about their or their company's bottom line.
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I'm a huge fan of Kate Beckinsale. Sigourney Weaver gets me excited. Angelina Jolie... There's just so many women that do 'tough' really well.
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BlogHer is an incredibly important conference because it really taps into the power of women. It gives women an ability to do what they do - take care of the home, go to work - and, at the same time, spread their power through the power of the digital world.
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Research indicates that most women want their man to earn more than they do.
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Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?
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One of women's greatest values is compassion.
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They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they are less than the women.
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A lot of women don't like when they're sort of fat, but a fat foot is as beautiful as a skinny foot. Think of Greek statues. Look how many people love the foot of the baby! There is something super-charming about the baby foot.
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Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the true heroes.
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Politics organizes our lives. We can't disregard it. Politics has lot of muck, lot of dirt. But that doesn't mean you have to be away from it. It's ubiquitous.
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For me, I get a part of an idea here and a little bit of an idea there, and then finally it accumulates into a movie.
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You have to identify what you care about and why you care about it. It has to be personal. It has to be something that fires you up or means something to you, or it's not going to drive you.
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An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.
