Real Women Quotes - Page 3

• I mean this is not like a very dry political book. This is - it was a very quick and entertaining and interesting read because there were so many stories, at least for me, of real women and - and sort of the issues that they face, and her commitment to wanting to help them.

  Eleanor Smeal

  Real, Book, Mean

  Interview with Joanne Bamberger, www.blogher.com. December 22, 2008.

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• By selling directly to customers, real women, the brand is able to avoid significant retail mark-ups that typically exist in high end fashion.

  Sarah Lafleur

  Fashion, Real, Retail

  "BYT Style Interview: Mémé LAFLEUR". Brightest Young Things Interview, brightestyoungthings.com. June 8, 2012.

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• When I first came out, I thought, I want to walk like a real woman, I don't want to do mincing steps. And there was some girl I saw walking up Holloway Road in Islington who had this long languid walk and I thought, that's what I like, so I incorporated her walk into mine.

  Eddie Izzard

  Girl, Real, Long

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Women who love themselves are threatening; but men who love real women, more so.

  Naomi Wolf

  Self Esteem, Real, Men

  Naomi Wolf (1990). “The Beauty Myth”, Vintage

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• Bowie's a real man, and I'm a real woman - just like Catherine Deneuve.

  Iggy Pop

  Real, Men, Bowie

  "Iggy's Trail of Destruction". Rolling Stone Interview, November 19, 2003.

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• You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy

  Isaac Mizrahi

  Real, Models, Anatomy

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• I did indulge myself in a lot of history reading, to inform myself as to who the real woman was. As far as other actresses’ portrayals, though, I tried to stay clear. It muddles your process, I find.

  Natalie

  Real, Reading, Actresses

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• There are a lot of movies out there that I would hate to be paid to do, some real demeaning, real woman-denigrating stuff. It is up to women to change their roles. They are going to have to write the stuff and do it. And they will.

  Beah Richards

  Hate, Real, Writing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Readers will stand up and cheer for Karen Fox's Prince of Charming! Finally, a heroine who's a real woman. Finally, a hero who knows what a rare find she is! Finally, a book for us all to adore! Thank you Karen Fox for creating the most lovable hero romance has seen in a long, long time!

  Maggie Shayne

  Cheer, Real, Book

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• In recent times it just seems that women have been relegated to either romantic roles or fluff pieces. So the appeal, for me, is to make a picture about a real woman.

  Clint Eastwood

  Real, Roles, Pieces

  "Clint Eastwood the Bashful Legend: Somebody Stop Me". Times Online, November 13, 2008.

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• Growing up, I looked up to real women. I didn't go in for hero worship and I still don't. Everybody has feet of clay.

  Lucy Lawless

  Growing Up, Real, Hero

  "Visiting Warriors - Xena and Hercules Flex Their Muscles at NATPE". The Times-Picayune, January 14, 1997.

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• Salma and I had run into each other once or twice at film festivals because I was doing the press for Real Women Have Curves at the same time she was doing the press for Frida. She had seen Real Women Have Curves, and when the idea of Ugly Betty came up, she thought of me. Her enthusiasm about the project was so infectious-she spoke of it with such expectation. Everyone that was involved was really excited about the project. I really wanted to be a part of it.

  America Ferrera

  Running, Real, Curves

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• A lot of actresses are doing incredible work right now, playing real women, complicated women. I don't feel despairing at all. And I'm more looking with hope for something fascinating.

  Maggie Gyllenhaal

  Real, Actresses, Complicated

  "Maggie Gyllenhaal: At 37 I was 'too old' for role opposite 55-year-old man" by Ben Child, www.theguardian.com. May 21, 2015.

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• If technology and medicine are used by women to have children or not to have children or to have healthier children - that's one thing. But if it's used to say, 'You're not a real woman unless you have a child, therefore take all these dangerous hormones and have one at 54," then it's another story.

  Gloria Steinem

  Children, Real, Technology

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• Science offends the modesty of all real women. It makes them feel as though it were an attempt to peek under their skin--or, worseyet, under their dress and ornamentation!

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Real, Women, Science

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• Here are examples of real women who have done real things: good, bad, and in between. We're expanding not just the definition of the female or feminine hero, but also villains and more complex, nuanced female characters. Too often I hear men say, "I don't know how to write women." Here you go, here are five incredible women you can use to inspire your own stories.

  Anita Sarkeesian

  Real, Hero, Writing

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• I did extensive research on media and anorexia and found out that the fashion magazines are to blame in a way. They project an image of a woman that is completely absurd, but girls and women believe they should be very skinny. They don't look like real woman anymore.

  Oliviero Toscani

  Girl, Fashion, Real

  Source: valuet.wordpress.com

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