899 private quotes tagged women

“Most women are one man away from welfare.” — Gloria Steinem

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“The dual scourge of hunger and malnutrition will be truly vanquished not only when granaries are full, but also when people's basic health needs are met and women are given their rightful role in societies.” — Gro Harlem Brundtland

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“The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength.” — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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“It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.” — Hedy Lamarr

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“As it turns out, social scientists have established only one fact about single women's mental health: employment improves it.” — Susan Faludi

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“Many soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from serious, long-term, physical and mental health problems, due to their service. It is unconscionable to cut the already limited health care benefits available to these brave men and women.” — Mark Dayton

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“The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it.” — Joan Jett

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“The house a woman creates is a Utopia. She can't help it - can't help trying to interest her nearest and dearest not in happiness itself but in the search for it.” — Marguerite Duras

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“One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness.” — Gustave Flaubert

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“Equal pay isn't just a women's issue when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits.” — Mike Honda

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“Advertising is a business of words, but advertising agencies are infested with men and women who cannot write. They cannot write advertisements, and they cannot write plans. They are helpless as deaf mutes on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera.” — David Ogilvy

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“I think women get caught up too much in having a plan - 'I'm going to get married at this age I'm going to have a kid at this age' - and then they just try to find a guy who will fit into that picture. I don't want my life to be based on that.” — Julia Stiles

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“In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.” — Elizabeth Wurtzel

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“I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.” — Chief Joseph

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“Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks great in wedding pictures and passes the maid of honor his telephone number.” — Anna Quindlen

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“Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us it is also about me and you. Just the two of us.” — Toni Morrison

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“As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.” — Vera Wang

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“Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life.” — Robin Hayes

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“The battle for women's rights has been largely won.” — Margaret Thatcher

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“Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.” — Richard Roeper

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“America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.” — Allen Boyd

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“Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.” — Erica Jong

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“Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau.” — Gene Tierney

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“I can't hit on women in public any more. I didn't decide this it just doesn't feel right at my age.” — Jack Nicholson

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“I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the late 1960's.” — Carol P. Christ

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