Independent Women Quotes - Page 2

• Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.

  Ruth Gordon

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

  Erica Jong

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Oct 18, 2014

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• The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Nothing-was more degrading than for a woman to have to marry for a home. Love should be the sole reason. Surely those with a brain-to think, eyes to see and a mind-to reason must realise that the capitalist system must cease and a co-operative system prevail in its place.

  Vida Goldstein

  Love, Marriage, Women

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• I am not afraid; I was born to do this.

  Joan of Arc

  Inspirational, Tattoo, Fear

  "While We Wait: Spiritual and Practical Advice for Those Trying to Adopt" by Heidi Schlumpf, (p. 37), 2009.

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• We deny the right of any portion of the species to decide for another portion what is and what is not their 'proper sphere.' The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to.

  Harriet Taylor Mill

  Women, Rights, History

  John Stuart Mill, Harriet Taylor Mill (2015). “Essays on Sex Equality”, p.100, University of Chicago Press

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• As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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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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• Sometimes, I feel that if you're a strong, independent woman it scares people away, but actually it does the opposite.

  Gemma Arterton

  Strong, Independent, Opposites

  "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - Gemma Arterton interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.

  Charlotte Whitton

  Funny, Hilarious, Strong Women

  Canada Month, June 1963. A later satirical version of this saying added to the end "Luckily, this is not difficult" (Paul Dickson, The Official Rules [1978]). See Eleanor Roosevelt 2

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• Until they come up with an independent woman who's on an adventure of her own, I don't think I'm interested.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Travel, Adventure, Independent

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• Any human being who is becoming independent of conditionings, of religions, scriptures, prophets and messiahs, has arrived home. He has found the treasure which was hidden in his own being.

  Rajneesh

  Independent, Home, Treasure

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• It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.

  Camille Paglia

  Independent, Careers, America

  Camille Paglia (2011). “Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays”, p.87, Vintage

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• Sometimes in the black culture, being raised as an independent woman is misconstrued as someone who doesn't need a man. I think that's wrong. I think we all need someone.

  Boris Kodjoe

  Independent, Men, Thinking

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• The data is clear: If you give a woman an opportunity, she will make a huge difference.

  Carly Fiorina

  Inspirational, Opportunity, Data

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• In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

  Hillary Clinton

  Girl, Strong Women, Empowerment

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• I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Girl

  Oprah Winfrey, Janet Lowe (1998). “Oprah Winfrey speaks: insight from the world's most influential voice”, John Wiley & Sons

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• My biggest influences are strong, creative women that chart their own path, lead their own lives and drive the course of history.

  Rachel Roy

  Strong, Creative, Path

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• Independent women must expect more of themselves, since neither men nor other more conventionally domesticated women will hope for anything, or expect any result other than utter failure.

  A. S. Byatt

  Independent, Men, Results

  A S Byatt (2012). “Possession: A Romance”, p.307, Random House

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• Some of the best roles are for women in these independent, smaller movies.

  Kyra Sedgwick

  Independent, Roles

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• I have a lot of sides to my personality and what you see on 'The Hills' is a strong, independent woman, which I am. But I also have a sensitive side that I don't show too much.

  Kristin Cavallari

  Strong, Independent, Personality

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• There is no occasion for women to consider themselves subordinate or inferior to man

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Independent, Men, Occasions

  Mahatma Gandhi (1988). “Gandhi on Women: Collection of Mahatma Gandhi's Writings and Speeches on Women”

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• Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes'; They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'

  Clare Boothe Luce

  Inspirational, Strong Women, Bad Ass

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• Become the change you want to see - those are words I live by.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Oprah Winfrey (2014). “What I Know For Sure”, p.200, Macmillan

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• It's important to be driven and have goals. You want an independent woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to go after it. It's attractive to me when a woman is doing what she loves. It makes me want to know more.

  Apolo Ohno

  Independent, Goal, Important

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