899 private quotes tagged women

“Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.” — Ovid

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“There's a certain kind of behavior in the Arab world that, to me, resembles the way young men behave when there is no significant influence from women in their lives.” — P. J. O'Rourke

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“Women: You can't live with them, and you can't get them to dress up in a skimpy little Nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash or something.” — Emo Philips

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“Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.” — Margaret Mead

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“Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed.” — Geoffrey Chaucer

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“There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible.” — P. J. O'Rourke

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“A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they're thinking about is how they look.” — Emma Thompson

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“Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football.” — Fran Lebowitz

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“Men aren't the way they are because they want to drive women crazy they've been trained to be that way for thousands of years. And that training makes it very difficult for men to be intimate.” — Barbara de Angelis

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“What Democratic congressmen do to their women staffers, Republican congressmen do to the country.” — Bill Maher

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“Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.” — Barbara de Angelis

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“I have to admit, like so many women, I always knew there was a chance. But like so many women, I never thought it would be me. I never thought I'd hear those devastating words: 'You have breast cancer.'” — Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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“No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you.” — Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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“Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.” — Iris Murdoch

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“Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being.” — Jane Austen

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“Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests.” — Audre Lorde

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“The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.” — Guy de Maupassant

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“There is a real vulgarity in the way women dress at the moment. They show off too much and try too hard. They don't understand where the line is between sexy and vulgar. I know where that line is.” — Roberto Cavalli

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“Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.” — James Thurber

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“My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.” — Alice Walker

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“Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?” — Tyra Banks

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“It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.” — Alice Walker

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“I want to be a cheerleader for women who have never even considered running for office or being involved in a campaign, but who in the quietness of their hearts might think, 'Why not me?'” — Marianne Williamson

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“If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.” — Abigail Adams

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“I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don't have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me.” — Hedy Lamarr

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