“I have crushes on women all the time. I don't have intimate relationships with them, but I find women beautiful.”
Women have always shaped the world, even when the world refused to acknowledge it. These quotes explore feminism, strength, identity, motherhood, ambition, and the ongoing work of making sure half the population gets a full seat at the table.
“I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women, or black students behave as though they can only read blacks, or white students behave as though they can only identify with a white writer.”
“I have crushes on women all the time. I don't have intimate relationships with them, but I find women beautiful.”
“You can't be a great mum and work the whole time necessarily those two things aren't ideal. We have an awful lot to work on and to debate about in relation to our working lives, because it isn't working for a lot of people, particularly for a lot of women.”
“And what I saw happening is that women don't make one decision to leave the workforce. They makes lots of little decisions really far in advance that kind of inevitably lead them there.”
“John Currin's exaggerated realism and his twisted women kept me off balance, never knowing if they were sincere or ironic or some new emotion.”
“Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.”
“All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.”
“A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of patriarchy, and also with the ending of homosexual oppression.”
“Through my travels, I find inspiration in street style and how young women create their individual looks and identity.”
“Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.”
“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.'”
“Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them.”
“I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women.”
“The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences.”
“Capitalism has its weaknesses. But it is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the standard of living for most of the world and enabled the emancipation of women.”
“I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It's like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I'd like to play strong women who are also very feminine.”