Being A Woman Quotes - Page 7

• If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Novelty, Conscious, Bias

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• Men, she thought, were one of the world's few sure comforts, like a fire on a cold October night, like cocoa, like broken-in-slippers. Their clumsy affections, their bristly faces, and their willingness to do what needed to be done - cook an omelette, change lightbulbs, make with hugging - sometimes almost made being a woman fun.

  Joe Hill

  Fun, Night, Men

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• I told my kids I just want three words on my tombstone, if I have one. I'll probably be cremated. One is "woman." I'm very comfortable in that role. I've loved being a woman, I've loved being a mother, I've loved being a grandmother. I want three words: Woman, Atheist, Anarchist. That's me.

  Madalyn Murray O'Hair

  Mother, Atheist, Tombstone

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• The essence of femininity is to absolutely love being a woman.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Love Is, Essence, Femininity

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• So much of being a woman is telling lies

  Candace Bushnell

  Lying, Telling Lies

  Candace Bushnell (2013). “Lipstick Jungle”, p.11, Hachette UK

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• When men talk about the agony of being men, they can never quite get away from the recurrent theme of self-pity. And when women talk about being women, they can never quite get away from the recurrent theme of blaming men.

  Pat Conroy

  Men, Self, Agony

  Pat Conroy (2010). “The Prince of Tides: A Novel”, p.312, Open Road Media

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• It's one of the advantages of being a woman. I get to do all sorts of unfair things, and you have to accept them because you're too polite not to. --Polgara

  David Eddings

  Unfair, Accepting, Advantage

  David Eddings (2010). “Seeress Of Kell: (Malloreon 5)”, p.93, Random House

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• I love being a mother. I loved being a daughter, a sister, a wife. I love being a woman with men. I love having given birth.

  Jessica Lange

  Daughter, Mother, Men

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• The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.

  Freya Stark

  Love, Women, Stupid

  1934 The Valley of the Assassins.

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• There's already a marriage clock, a career clock, a biological clock. Sometimes being a woman feels like standing in the lobby of a hotel, looking at the dials depicting every time zone in the world behind the front desk - except they all apply to you, and all at once.

  Sloane Crosley

  Careers, Time Zones, World

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• I like being a woman and having a womanly body.

  Jennie Garth

  Body, Womanly

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• There's so much more (to say) about being young and being a woman, but I feel like not a lot of those stories are being told, so you have to grab onto what ever small truths you can find and present it in the most honest way you can.

  Jena Malone

  Stories, Way, Honest

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• Forget the credit, they (male actors) take all the money as well. We don't get paid even one-third of what male actors get. It's not so much about the money, but it's about (being a) woman.

  Kangana Ranaut

  Males, Credit, Actors

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• The biggest battle that I have is being a woman in the world. That takes center stage for me.

  Zoe Saldana

  Battle, World, Stage

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• When you give someone your whole heart and he doesn't want it, you cannot take it back. It's gone forever.

  Sylvia Plath

  Heartbreak, Betrayal, Unrequited Love

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• I do think that being the second [female Supreme Court Justice] is wonderful, because it is a sign that being a woman in a place of importance is no longer extraordinary.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Women, Thinking, Justice

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• One should not be adventurous being a woman.

  Sheila Dikshit

  Adventurous, Should

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• I love every aspect of being a woman. I believe you should celebrate who you are.

  Eva Mendes

  Believe, Celebrate, Should

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• I'm always thinking about women, and what we need to hear. It's difficult being a woman. It's so much pressure, and we need that support sometimes and we need that escape sometimes.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Dream, Thinking, Support

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• One nice thing about being a woman in Hollywood is that the women tend to be very close-knit. All of us writers and directors know each other and cling to each other for safety and support, and it's really a completely different vibe than the men experience out here, where they're all trying to murder each other.

  Diablo Cody

  Nice, Men, Safety

  "Diablo Cody Talks about the 2013 Athena Film Festival, Female Writers and Directors She Admires, Plus Updates on PARADISE and SWEET VALLEY HIGH". Interview with Christins Radish, collider.com. February 5, 2013.

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• I'm a songwriter first...In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious...Sensitive, humbug. Everybody thinks I'm sensitive...There is a downside to having one of the biggest-selling albums ever.

  Carole King

  Thinking, Careers, Albums

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• Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain, anxiety, fear and self-doubt. For many of us, the confusion around this question is excruciating.

  Andrew Cohen

  Pain, Men, Self

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• We have dreamt of every woman there is, and dreamt too of the miracle that would bring us the pleasure of being a woman, for women have all the qualities - courage, passion, the capacity to love, cunning - whereas all our imagination can do is naively pile up the illusion of courage.

  Jean Baudrillard

  Love, Passion, Imagination

  Jean Baudrillard (1990). “Cool Memories”, p.24, Verso

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• Everything about us black people is complicated, us being here, being a minority, being a woman, all those things are complicated.

  Nicole Beharie

  People, Black, Minorities

  "Exclusive! Nicole Beharie Talks Career Choices, Burden Of Representation, Being An “It” Girl & More". Interview with Vanessa Martinez, www.indiewire.com. August 27, 2011.

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• I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born.

  Mary Cheney

  Mom, Dad, Littles

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