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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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In 2016, makeup has become an incredible passion and hobby for men and women, but it hasn't become mainstream.
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I feel very strongly that young women have regressed a little bit. But I do get all preachy about it.
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Women are needed in the military because there aren't enough soldiers, and we're seeing more women serve.
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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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I like writing flawed women, and being one, it's something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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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?
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No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.
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I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
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The women's movement ruined a permanent vacation.
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I'm attracted to mysterious men. Every woman can relate to that, right?
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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.
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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.
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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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I think it's very important for both women and men to see women working in a variety of capacities.
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I was brought up in a house full of women; the first time I realised no one was interrupting me was when I was on stage - that's probably the subconscious reason I became an actor.
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Natural resources must be so distributed, by way of auction or otherwise, that they serve a larger public purpose.
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There is so much bad manners and oafishness in large corporations.
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I don't like giving speeches - I enjoy sitting on my rump.
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Lots of human-rights tragedies deserve concerts, but there's something extra with Tibet. It's a spiritual culture, a country rooted in humility and compassion. And among artists, there's a lot of Buddhists, people who want an alternative to basic Christianity, which doesn't offer much.
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Abortion opponents say women seek abortions in haste and confusion. Pro-choicers reply: Abortion is the most difficult, agonizing decision a woman ever makes.
