Female Role Models Quotes

• 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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• We need role models who are going to break the mold.

  Carly Simon

  Inspiration, Mold, Needs

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• I had female role models to look up to starting in middle school, athletes like Julie Foudy and Mia Hamm who made me realize that there was room in the world of sports for women. They ignited my dream of becoming an Olympic athlete.

  Jennie Finch

  Sports, Dream, Athlete

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• There's no shortage of female role models. They're everywhere - in history, in literature, in the news. Just look around.

  Keri Russell

  Roles, Looks, News

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I want to set the example my mother set for me: a strong female role model who faces challenges takes risks and conquers fears. I want my children to know that as women they can do whatever they dream as long as they believe in themselves. More than anything it is my responsibility to instill in my daughters the knowledge that they can have a family and everything else too.

  Mireya Mayor

  Daughter, Mother, Dream

  Mireya Mayor (2011). “Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey From NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer”, p.299, National Geographic Books

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• I think the culture today is very, very different from what it was in the '60s, and I feel lucky that I grew up at a time when I had these very strong female role models.

  Susanna Hoffs

  Strong, Thinking, Different

  "Sweetheart Of The Sun & Modern Art : Chatting With The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2011.

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• When you've played Buffy - who's such a strong female role model - it's really hard for another female character to compare to her.

  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  Strong, Character, Roles

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• I don't think there's anything that is a greater area of discrimination against women today than the fact that nowhere in the world is there a female role model in team sports that more than half of a general audience would recognize

  Warren Farrell

  Sports, Team, Thinking

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• Because I didn't have any queer, lesbian, female role models I hated my own femininity and had to look deep within myself to create an identity that worked for me. Pop culture just doesn't hand us enough variety to choose from.

  Beth Ditto

  Hands, Identity, Culture

  "What would Beth Ditto do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2008.

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• The Blood She Betrayed is unique, and Shahkara, the character, is one of the most engaging strong female role models I’ve seen in a long time. This girl can handle herself! The plot is full of ingenious twists, turns and surprises, and I look forward to reading the next book in the series.

  L. J. Smith

  Girl, Strong, Book

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• But it is Bella, not the supernaturals she falls in with, who is the true horror show here, at least as a female role model.

  Peggy Orenstein

  Fall, Roles, Horror

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• There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Home, Southern, Roles

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• At first, being a female role model really terrified me. But it hasn't turned out to be an awful burden. I get a lot of letters from women who tell me that, after watching Xena, they have bought the Harley-Davidson they always wanted or left an abusive relationship.

  Lucy Lawless

  Roles, Letters, Awful

  "Is it a bird?". The Sunday Times, July 27, 1997.

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