Feisty Quotes

• The young women in my classes are feisty and clever and believe, often with the passion of youthful optimism, that feminism is a battle already won. I worry for them - and for my daughters, too.

  Louise Brown

  Mother, Daughter, Clever

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• Looking back Little Lulu was an early feminist, but at the time I just thought she was a really feisty developed comic strip character.

  Bill Griffith

  Character, Alaska, Feminist

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• I was a pretty feisty young kid.

  John Newcombe

  Kids, Young

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• I loved playing the part of the feisty Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Miracle, Annie, Reconstruction

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• The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they liked me and they didn't know whether or not that I was sensitive.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Tough, Sense Of Humor, Sensitive

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• I don't think I have the stomach Veronica has. I think I have the determination and the stubbornness and a little bit of the go-get-em. But I think I'm about 20 percent more girl than Veronica is. There's a lot of Veronica that hits home with me, the sort of feisty area. But I think that I have a little bit more girl. I'd scream my head off if I saw a body in the freezer.

  Kristen Bell

  Girl, Determination, Home

  "Veroniva Mars Season 3: Kristen Bell and Rob Thomas talk" by Eric Goldman, www.ign.com. July 18, 2006.

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• My fist so rocky and and wrist so icy,
  Might be, thrown off my rocker just slightly,
  Feisty, claimin' hot temper don't ignite me,
  I'm only gonna ask ya find the exit once politely

  T.I.

  Hip Hop, Hot, Icy

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• That's what is so great about being able to record a 13-song album. You can do a very eclectic group of songs. You do have some almost pop songs in there, but you do have your traditional country, story songs. You have your ballads, your happy songs, your sad songs, your love songs, and your feisty songs.

  Reba McEntire

  Country, Song, Eclectic Style

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• I love Tinkerbell because she's feisty and about it. She's got swag! She's going to do what she wants to do. I even have a Tinkerbell tattoo, and she is wearing Adidas flip-flops!

  Kidada Jones

  Tattoo, Swag, Adidas

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• If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen.

  Larry McMurtry

  Disappointment, Everyday Things, Healthy

  Larry McMurtry (2010). “Lonesome Dove: A Novel”, p.351, Simon and Schuster

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• Well, Thanksgiving we'll all gather at my house for dinner and we usually do Christmas at Beau's house. My mom is still feisty and kicking. She's 92. I saw her last night and she published a book at 90. It's a wonderful book called "You Caught Me Kissing" and it's basically love-poems that she wrote for my dad. It's more than that, it's a wonderful book.

  Jeff Bridges

  Mom, Dad, Book

  "Jeff Bridges Is Making a Porno in The Amateurs". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. December 6, 2007.

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• I guess I'm still sort of feisty and a little bit of a tomboy.

  Kelly Hu

  Littles, Stills, Bits

  "Interview: Kelly Hu's Ninja Bad Girl Joins Tonight's 'Tmnt'". Interview with Charles Webb, www.mtv.com. February 1, 2013.

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• As an actress, and as a person, I really admire Diane Keaton. She's feisty, strong, beautiful and talented, and intelligent.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Beautiful, Strong, Intelligent

  Source: www.justjared.com

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• I'd love the opportunity to do something where I could really give my opinion, my feisty side - it'd be fun!

  Rachel Stevens

  Fun, Opportunity, Giving

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• So in addition to a feisty new Black Court partner in the war dance between the Council and the Vampire Courts, I also got angry lust bunny movies stars, deadly curses, and a thoroughly embarrassing job as my investigative cover. Oh, and bean curd pizza, which is just wrong. What a mess. I made a mental note: The next time I saw Thomas, I was going to punch him right in the nose.

  Jim Butcher

  Stars, Jobs, War

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• If Nightcloud were a gentle, loving cat like Leafpool, or feisty and warmhearted like Squirrelflight, it would be easier to feel sorry for her. After all, Crowfeather took her as a mate to prove he was loyal to WindClan in spite of everything of trying to run off with the ThunderClan medicine cat. But she's a difficult she-cat to like, with her short temper and her possessivness over Crowfeather and her son, Breezepaw.

  Erin Hunter

  Running, Sorry, Cat

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• Being an Irishwoman means many things to me. An Irishwoman is strong and feisty. She has guts and stands up for what she believes in. She believes she is the best at whatever she does and proceeds through life with that knowledge. She can face any hazard that life throws her way and stay with it until she wins. She is loyal to her kinsmen and accepting of others. She's not above a sock in the jaw if you have it coming.

  Maureen O'Hara

  Strong, Believe, Mean

  Maureen O'Hara, John Nicoletti (2005). “'Tis Herself: An Autobiography”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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• If Nightcloud were a gentle, loving cat like Leafpool, or feisty and warmhearted like Squirrelflight, it would be easier to feel sorry for her.

  Erin Hunter

  Sorry, War, Cat

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• You should get married more often," Loki teased. "It makes you feisty.

  Amanda Hocking

  Married, Should

  Amanda Hocking (2014). “Trylle: The Complete Trilogy”, p.450, Pan Macmillan

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• That earns him a smack with my book bag. "Ow." He clutches his arm. "What do you have in there? Books?" A grin snakes across his face. "I like my women feisty." He adds, "I like my broken.

  Julie Anne Peters

  Book, Snakes, Broken

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• Almost without exception, members of great groups see themselves as winning underdogs, as a feisty David hurling fresh ideas at a big, backward-looking Goliath. They always have an "enemy."

  Warren G. Bennis

  Winning, Ideas, Enemy

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are 'strong' and 'feisty.' They really annoy me. It's the most condescending thing. You say that about a three-year-old. It infantilises women.

  Helen Mirren

  Strong, Hate, Character

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• And he’s just plain odd. And what is your problem that you keep putting yourself in my way? (Geary) She’s feisty, Skotos. I can see the appeal. (ZT)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Way, Problem, Odd

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• Having been away from you offical duties," Arch said as the Miller's hand lowered to his side, "you might not have hearc, but I've developed a weapon capable of destroying all of Boaderland, Wonderland, Morgavia, Unterlan and who knows what else. I call it WILMA, which stands for Weapon of Inconceivable Loss and Massive Annihilation. It also happens to be the name of one of my former wives, who had to be put down on account of her feisty temper.

  Frank Beddor

  Loss, Hands, Names

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• I love playing strong feisty women, I really do, but if you were to ask my husband he'd probably say that I'm very insecure. And actually incredibly malleable, which isn't necessarily a good thing.

  Alex Kingston

  Strong, Husband, Insecure

  "Intensive care" by Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. July 07, 2002.

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