Katha Pollitt Quotes
Abortion opponents say women seek abortions in haste and confusion. Pro-choicers reply: Abortion is the most difficult, agonizing decision a woman ever makes.Katha Pollitt
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My mother has been a wonderful model for the professional woman - a loving mother dedicated to both her family and her work. She inspired me, made me proud, and developed in me an enormous respect for women in general.
H. Robert Horvitz -
I don't care how many championships you've won or how many records you've broken - if you've had a hand in pushing forward not only a game but women in sport's movement, then I think that's pretty darn good.
Abby Wambach -
Not to sound bad, but some girls are dumb. It's because they spend so much of their life trying to have the right look. On the other hand, some girls are just really smart. There are girls you can have conversations with that are healthy conversations. You can argue real life issues and solve problems together. That is what makes a woman sexy.
Wale -
In 2016, makeup has become an incredible passion and hobby for men and women, but it hasn't become mainstream.
Halsey -
I feel very strongly that young women have regressed a little bit. But I do get all preachy about it.
Eden Sher -
Women are needed in the military because there aren't enough soldiers, and we're seeing more women serve.
Gail Collins
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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.
Fatema Mernissi -
I like writing flawed women, and being one, it's something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority.
Callie Khouri -
No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
Daisy Bates -
If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government?
Victoria Woodhull -
No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.
Barbara Tuchman -
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
Babasaheb
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The women's movement ruined a permanent vacation.
Natasha Leggero -
I'm attracted to mysterious men. Every woman can relate to that, right?
Rachel Bilson -
Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.
Pat Robertson -
I'm very shocked when I look at television and I see such an aggressive youth and image obsession in the representation of women on our screens.
Samantha Bond -
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.
Maggie Q -
I think it's very important for both women and men to see women working in a variety of capacities.
Maggie Hassan
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Whether we work in the private, public, or nonprofit sectors, International Women's Day is a time for us to think about how we can all step up and do everything in our power to help women make real economic progress.
Belinda Johnson -
This woman is a genius in the day time and a beauty at night.
Oscar Wilde -
If one book's done this well, you want to write another one that does just as well. There's that horror of the second novel that doesn't match up.
Mark Haddon -
To form a truly free constitution, that’s to say, truly just and wise, the first point, the main point, the capital point, is that all the laws be agreed on by the people, after considered reflection, and especially having taken time to see what’s at stake…
Jean-Paul Marat -
Finally if I had a pot that needed decoration, I would hand it to Alix MacKenzie and I would say, "Can you do something with this?" And she'd look at it for a while and then proceed with a brush to embellish the form and enhance the form, and it was wonderful. She could bring the pot to life, whereas if I did it, it was a disaster.
Warren MacKenzie -
Abortion opponents say women seek abortions in haste and confusion. Pro-choicers reply: Abortion is the most difficult, agonizing decision a woman ever makes.
Katha Pollitt