Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Quotes
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Cruelty is not a literary value.
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I've always been a feminist, and what I love in my work is being able to explore a full-sided woman and not patronize her.
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I want to make shoes that a woman can walk in. That's kind of what they're made for.
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As a Christian, I view relationships and marriage as being between a man and a woman.
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Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you that you are the man she thinks you are.
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Why don't we actually fight for a woman's right even to complain about being beaten up. That is more important than driving. If a woman is beaten, they are told to go back to their homes - their fathers, husbands, brothers - to be beaten up again and locked up in the house.
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My party trick is that I can get ready to go to the party really quickly. I'm actually a woman that can have a shower, dry and style her hair, do her make-up and get dressed in under an hour.
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The 1970s 'Wonder Woman' was sort of a kitsch thing. It was a very specific time for that, and it's hard to modernize something like that.
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Honestly, among my acquaintances there is no woman wearing XS.
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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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On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story.
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I enjoy being on CNBC's 'Fast Money,' in part so that audiences can watch a woman who is as well informed about, and invested in, the market as her male counterparts.
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A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
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I feel like I'm the only person - or woman, at least - who hasn't read 'Fifty Shades of Grey.'
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In the duel of sex woman fights from a dreadnought and man from an open raft.
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You can get a slouchy woman's tunic at different price points. But if you want a great pair of trousers or a dress with delicate pleating, you're going to have to spend a little more.
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It's just so cool to be able to go out to dinner and buy my mom's dinner now. You know what I mean? She's just done so much for me. I love that I can give back to her now because she's the most amazing woman ever.
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Nobody knows what a woman feels or experiences but another woman. We are the nurturers and there are times when we need to be nurtured.
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The focus has to be about making good work. I don't ever want to be hired for a job because I'm a woman. And I don't ever want to be recognized for a job because I'm a woman.
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I don't think Emma Watson needs any advice. She's an incredibly smart young woman who knows what she wants out of life and she has some great parents.
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I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee.
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I did improv at Yale, with the Exit Players. It was great, but they played a little rough.
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A literary woman's best critic is her husband.
