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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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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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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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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The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living.
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It's one thing to say don't commit atrocities on the battlefield. It's another thing to say don't get caught doing atrocities.
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If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.
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During the 19th-century struggle for women's rights in America, many saw a competition between rights for black people and those for women.
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The mystical impulse in men is somehow a desire to possess the universe. In women, it's a desire to be possessed.
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Man is mortal. Everyone has to die some day or the other. But one must resolve to lay down one's life in enriching the noble ideals of self-respect and in bettering one's human life. We are not slaves. Nothing is more disgraceful for a brave man than to live life devoid of self-respect.
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I'll drive like my grandma. I'll drive like your grandma." "You wouldn't say that if you knew my gramma.
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If you choose to do both acting and directing on a set, than you're admitting that you understand that everyone is in it for the same goal and it's a collaborative experience. You can't really jump into being an actor, and than direct yourself. At some point, you have to be willing to accept other people's opinions. I think that's helpful. If you try to micro-manage and control all of it, than you're probably heading for disaster.
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..we will continue to despise people until we have recognized, loved, and accepted what is despicable in ourselves. So that, then we go down, what is it that is despicable in ourselves? And there are some elements despicable in ourselves, which we don't want to look at, but which are part of our natures, that we are mortal.
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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!'
