Lily James Quotes
It took me a while to warm to the '20s costumes on 'Downton.' I love it when women accentuate their curves, and that era was all about hiding them. The shapes they wore then were in tune with female empowerment. Cutting off their hair and hiding their busts was a way of saying, 'We're equal to men!'
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Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.
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The very fact that women now form about one-fifth of the employes in manufacture and commerce in this country has opened a vast field of industrial legislation directly affecting women as wage-earners.
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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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Sometimes women who are taller aren't comfortable with it, but I love being tall.
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Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.
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They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes. They shouldn't look like fashion victims.
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All the women in my family were superb cooks.
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I've always been comfortable working with women and I've had two happy marriages. Draw what conclusions you like from that.
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I found that women entrepreneurs earn 50% less than their male counterparts.
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What I have learned is that designers are willing to tell the world that they are here to empower women from all different backgrounds and different walks of life.
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The word 'spinster' tells you everything you need to know about our attitude of women who choose not to marry.
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I have crazy eyebrows, so it's crucial to tame them. Just like your hair, they set off your features.
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He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
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Men are taught that if we are not the ultimate provider, we are a complete failure. We have to be number one in everything we do. There is nothing more delusional or paralysing than what I have just described.
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Women's Wear Daily can do more than any other publication to establish a designer.
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I've never dyed my hair, never fixed my teeth or gotten a tan.
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One of the greatest men to ever walk this land was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His life exemplified unity by bringing people together for the good of all. In any small way I hope to someday bring people together like Dr. King.
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I see women in their 30s getting plastic surgery, pulling this up and tucking that back. It's like a slippery slope - once you start you pull one thing one way and then you think, 'Oh my God, I've got to do the other side.'
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Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
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A day without work is a day without food.
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You can fake a lot of stuff, but you can't fake if the story isn't there and if the writing isn't good.
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In 1949, I believed that social progress, the triumph of the proletariat, socialism would lead to the emancipation of women. But I saw that nothing came of it: first of all, that socialism was not achieved anywhere, and that in certain countries which called themselves socialist, the situation of women was no better than it was in so-called capitalist countries.
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Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought to be.
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It took me a while to warm to the '20s costumes on 'Downton.' I love it when women accentuate their curves, and that era was all about hiding them. The shapes they wore then were in tune with female empowerment. Cutting off their hair and hiding their busts was a way of saying, 'We're equal to men!'
