Women Quotes
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Religion has gotten a bad rap for good reasons. Often, there are a lot of people - women, LBGT, and others - you know, hierarchical monotheism has been a real source of a type of oppression.
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The feminist movement is not about success for women. It is about treating women as victims and about telling women that you can't succeed because society is unfair to you, and I think that's a very unfortunate idea to put in the minds of young women because I believe women can do whatever they want.
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Women with education, skills, and independent sources of income are more able to withstand the pressures of the patriarchal family and more able to express their opinions and to move freely within their communities.
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I mean this is not like a very dry political book. This is - it was a very quick and entertaining and interesting read because there were so many stories, at least for me, of real women and - and sort of the issues that they face, and her commitment to wanting to help them.
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The push for 'Meatless Mondays' in our military is misguided at best and goes against dietary guidelines. Our men and women in uniform should have the option to consume the protein they need, including meat, on a daily basis.
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There seems to be great roles for women, and it's not necessarily - you don't have to be young women. Suddenly, we're realizing that, generally, women are interesting, and they can also be weird and crazy and mean.
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When my mother was young, only two professions were open to women ; teaching and nursing. She chose nursing, but the teaching profession was full of talented women like her, confined there in part because they had few career options.
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I would say to women, always question what you're empowering yourself for and what are you claiming power for.
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Women don't want to feel like they're wearing makeup. I hope I was partly responsible for that.
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Women have to find their own personality, their own style, and what suits them the best.
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Microfinance does not require previous experience or loans to the same extent as a small-business loan, so it's easier for women to enter the micro sector.
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I embrace mistakes, they make you who you are.
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In some countries we have had the right to vote for less than 100 years, so the entry of women into political leadership has caused a tsunami.
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Women are surprised to see me on the street - like they're seeing a ghost. There's a lot of crying involved.
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Give fools the first and women the last word.
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I guess in society there's no place for women in their older thirties. We're supposed to go sit on a shelf at some point... and wait.
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Radio, sewing machine, bookends, ironing board and that great big piano lamp - peace, that's what I like. Butterbean vines planted all along the front where the strings are.
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I don't have to go to a doctor and have my face changed. It terrifies me that women do that.
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I just like beautiful women. They don't have to be a celebrity, though... I mean, if they're beautiful, they're beautiful.
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It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm's way and to put the lives of so many civilians on the line for the misguided frustrations of the Bush administration.
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In a conversation with a male executive, he tells me that he doesn't hire women because 'it's not worth the trouble.' I mentally blacklist him.
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Women are better than they are reputed to be: they don't mock the tears men shed unless they themselves are responsible for them.
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A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true woman's eyes; for God himself sits behind them.
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If half the society isn't engaged on any number of sectors, success and potential will be limited. In that sense, I do definitely believe there is a growing movement and moment for women's issues.
