Becoming A Woman Quotes

• Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.

  Gloria Steinem

  Marriage, Witty, Work

  Speech at Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 23 Sept. 1981

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  Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

  Joseph Conrad

  Funny, Hilarious, Strong Women

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  I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.

  Whitney Houston

  Inspiring, Fashion, Women

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• The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

  Anna Quindlen

  Confidence, Letting Go, Being Yourself

  Anna Quindlen (2009). “Being Perfect”, p.15, Random House

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• One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Motivational, Strong Women, Philosophy

  The Second Sex vol. 2, pt. 1, ch. 1 (1949) (translation by H. M. Parshley)

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  For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.

  Elizabeth Blackwell

  Women, Learning, Class

  Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (2016). “Medicine as a Profession for Women”, p.15, Library of Alexandria

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• I was the youngest kid. When I was five, my sisters were 17, 19, and 21, already becoming women. I would see how different they would be around one another and around men, even my father.

  Christian Louboutin

  Father, Kids, Men

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• Life is really a blessing to be able to do what you love everyday, to learn about yourself. For me it's been about becoming a woman, and I've really enjoyed that experience.

  Kelly Rowland

  Blessing, Everyday, Able

  Source: www.parlemag.com

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• Theres so much to becoming a woman.

  Michael Rosenbaum

  Becoming

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• Becoming a woman is an act partly of nature and partly of self-invention.

  Caitlin Flanagan

  Women, Self, Invention

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• I can go from blokey to girlie in 15 minutes and then I'm out the door. But that's the fastest I can do it. Becoming a woman takes work.

  Eddie Izzard

  Doors, Minutes, I Can Do It

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I have a 14 year old daughter now. You know, it was that time in these kids lives when these girls are becoming women and the hormones are raging. They didn't know if The Beatles were any good, they just went for it 'cause The Beatles were attractive.

  Jack Jones

  Girl, Daughter, Kids

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  I am obsessed with becoming a woman comfortable in her skin.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Skins, Obsessed, Comfortable

  Sandra Cisneros (2015). “A House of My Own: Stories from My Life”, p.182, Vintage

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