Girl Quotes

If you were a successful upper-middle-class Negro girl in the 1950s and '60s, you were, in practice and imagination, a white Protestant upper middle-class girl. Young, good-looking white women were the most desirable creatures in the world. It was hard not to want to imitate them; it was highly toxic, too, as we would learn.

Margo Jefferson
- World
- Good
- Women
I try not to sleep with every girl I see, but it's hard!

Lee Ryan Blue
- Trying
- Girl
- Sleep

I've also been with the same girl, Angie, since I was 15.

Johnny Marr Pretenders
- Girl
- Angie
As a little girl in the '50s, I couldn't wear a purple-and-white flowered skirt with a red blouse - those colors were too loud. My parents were not into that 'We are Negros that wear all beige,' but there was a line you could walk over that could signal vulgar, crass, rather than clever use of color. And that outfit crossed over the line.

Margo Jefferson
- Parents
- Color
- Red
Girls must be thwarted early in life.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I'm just a young girl trying to fulfill the purpose that's been placed in my heart to do.

Letitia Wright
- Trying
- Heart
- Purpose
People in India like to touch a lot. It's not very nice for any girl to be touched by strangers wherever they want. You wouldn't do that to your sister or mother, but just because one is an actor, they think she is your property.

Preity Zinta
- People
- She
- Mother
I remember when I heard 'Jessie's Girl' for the first time, I was like, 'This is so applicable to lesbians!'

Mary Lambert
- Time
- Remember
- Girl