Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.
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Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.
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A woman can never have enough shoes.
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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.
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I think I have already signed some scrap of paper for every man, woman, and child in the United States. What do they do with all those scraps of paper with my signature on it?
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But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.
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A curious mind is the most important attribute any man or woman can possess.
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
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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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If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.
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A woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy also deserves to experience unplanned joy.
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In the West, anything that must be hidden is suspect; availability and honesty are interlinked. This clashes irreconcilably with Islam, where the things that are most precious, most perfect and most holy are always hidden: the Kaaba, the faces of prophets and angels, a woman's body, Heaven.
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When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were crying. There was a gentleman who was writing in his journal and crying. Seeing that isn't easy.
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The only crime I'm guilty of is being a young black woman.
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I want to try and do as much as I can as an actor. So far I think I've done pretty well with being a minister's son. And now I know I'm pretty darn good at playing a woman too.
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With confidence, I think anyone can get a dress and make it their own. I don't think you should have it off the runway and wear it like they want you to wear it. You know, with their hair and makeup - their woman. I just think it's boring. You have to make it your own. That's what fashion is all about.
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When a woman gets dressed up to go out at night, she wants to give 50% away, and hold the rest back. If you're an open book, there's no allure.
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I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year.
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I erased the thought from my mind, but I couldn't undo the fact that I'd had the thought in the first place.
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A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
