Gender Quotes - Page 18

• Gender mattered a whole lot less to Shakespeare than it seems to matter to us.

  John Irving

  Matter, Whole, Seems

  John Irving (2012). “In One Person: A Novel”, p.80, Simon and Schuster

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• Male, A member of the unconsidered or negligible gender. The male of the human race is commonly known to the female as Mere Man. The Genus has two varieties: good providers and bad providers.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Men, Race, Two

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.78, Courier Corporation

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• You know, for me, the realization that two people should have the right to form a sacred union regardless of their gender was strengthened when I saw a performance of the play The Normal Heart in 1985. After feeling the love those two men had for each other, I dare anybody not to want them to get married by the end.

  Barbra Streisand

  Heart, Gay, Men

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• My life has always been geared towards my career. If my life is complete in other ways then I don't mind being a 65-year-old spinster. But I don't discount love when I'm talking about not getting married. I could... it's just something I haven't wanted to do yet.

  Kylie Minogue

  Talking, Years, Careers

  "Talking dirty: quotes of the week". www.irishexaminer.com. February 20, 2002.

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• I don't mind what they say as long as they're not being mean.

  George Clooney

  Mean, Long, Mind

  "Talking dirty", www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2002.

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• As the tall dark and handsome male star, Carey Grant always stands for male beauty and desirability, whether in a 30s screwball, a 40s film noir, or a 50s romantic comedy. He consequently turns around the orthodox gender between the one who looks and so desires, and the one who is looked at, and so is being desired.

  Steven A. Cohen

  Beauty, Stars, Dark

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• Homosexuality is a psychological and psychiatric disorder, there is no question about it. It is a purple menace that is threatening the proper design of gender distinctions in society.

  Charles W. Socarides

  Gay, Purple, Design

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• If someone is identifying themselves based on their orientation toward a person of the same gender, then that seems to me to be a self-evident disorder.

  Scott Lively

  Gay, Self, Disorder

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• If you catch them at 12 years old, which they are working very aggressively to do and you tell those children that if you have an attraction towards someone of the same gender, that means you're gay and because you're gay you need to come with us.

  Scott Lively

  Children, Mean, Gay

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• Our greatest prejudice is against death. It spans age, gender and race. We spend immeasurable amounts of energy fighting an event that will eventually triumph. Though it is noble not to give in easily, the most alive people I've ever met are those who embrace their death. They love, laugh and live more fully.

  Andy Webster

  Death, Fighting, Acceptance

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• I never get bored of my wife. It's lovely.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Wife, Bored, Lovely

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• I can't believe there's a website which counts down until I'm legal. It is quite sick and perverted when you think about it. These people must have a lot of time on their hands.

  Charlotte Church

  Believe, Thinking, Hands

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• "Is God a Man or a Woman ?"
  The answer to this question is neither God is That. But if you must give God a gender,
  God is more female than male,
  for he is contained in She.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Men, Giving

  amma and rajappa, “0998.Mata Amritanandamayi-Churning Of The Milk Ocean”

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• If someone needs to express their gender in a way that is different, that is okay, and they should not be denied healthcare. They should not be bullied. They don’t deserve to be victims of violence. … That’s what people need to understand, that it’s okay and that if you are uncomfortable with it, then you need to look at yourself.

  Laverne Cox

  Inspiring, Equality, People

  "Laverne Cox Talks to TIME About the Transgender Movement". Interview with Katy Steinmetz, time.com. May 29, 2014.

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• After the events of last week, I'm appalled at the standard Australia seems to be willing to accept in regards to its own behaviour and the behaviour of our leaders. Accuse me of playing the gender card all you like, but I will not walk past it any more. You might consider joining me.

  Clementine Ford

  Leadership, Past, Australia

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• No country in the world can yet say they have achieved gender equality.

  Emma Watson

  Country, Feminism, World

  Twitter post from Jan 23, 2015

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• Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong... It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum not as two opposing sets of ideals.

  Emma Watson

  Strong, Men, Sensitive Man

  "Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too". UN Speech on the HeForShe campaign, New York, www.unwomen.org. September 20, 2014.

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• And when you tell me that somebody's skin color or gender is going to determine their prospects in this world, that is turning the clock back hundreds of years. Back to a time before this nation declared that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator; not by their ancestry, not by their skin color, not by their gender, not by Congress, not by the Constitution, and not by the laws

  Alan Keyes

  Men, Skin Color, Years

  "Preparing Our Country for the 21st Century: The Official Transcript of the United We Stand America Conference". Book by United We Stand America Inc., November, 1995.

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• The purpose of affirmative action is to give our nation a way to finally address the systemic exclusion of individuals of talent on the basis of their gender, or race from opportunities to develop, perform, achieve and contribute. Affirmative action is an effort to develop systematic approach to open the doors of education, employment, and business development opportunities to qualified individuals who happen to be members of groups that have experienced long-standing and persistent discrimination.

  William J. Clinton

  Opportunity, Race, Doors

  Clinton, William J. (1996). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995”, p.1108, Best Books on

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• So much were employers of wage-labor unenthusiastic about proletarianization that, in addition to fostering the gender age division of labor, they also encouraged, in their employment patters and through their influence in the political arena, recognition of defined ethnic groups, seeking to link them to specific allocated roles in the labor-force, with different levels of real remuneration for their work. Ethnicity created a cultural crust which consolidated the patterns of semi-proletarian household structures.

  Immanuel Wallerstein

  Real, Ethnicity, Division Of Labor

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• I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Strong Women, Memorable, Feminist Art

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Because of our situation, God has given us an opportunity to almost transcend our gender, which gives us a vision and sensitivity that other people don't have. They think that being white and male is going to save the world; but life is not The Lion King.

  Jason Reeves

  Kings, Opportunity, Thinking

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• Why must she dress that way? I think she's confused about her gender.

  Tim Gunn

  Confused, Thinking, Dresses

  "Yikes! Tim Gunn Picks A Fight With Hillary Clinton's Wardorbe" by Tracey Lomrantz Lester, www.glamour.com. July 28, 2011.

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• There is a massive gender imbalance on TV

  Dawn O'Porter

  Imbalance, Tvs, Massive

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• When we use stereotypes, we take in the gender, the age, the color of the skin of the person before us, and our minds respond with messages that say hostile, stupid, slow, weak. Those qualities aren't out there in the environment. They don't reflect reality.

  John Bargh

  Stupid, Reality, Color

  "Where Bias Begins: The Truth About Stereotypes" by Annie Murphy Paul, www.psychologytoday.com. May 1, 1998.

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