Young Women Quotes - Page 13

• When a young woman tells me that she wants to become and actor, I say, 'No, be a writer. Or go to business school and learn how to run a studio.' The only real change will come from behind the scenes.

  Halle Berry

  Running, Real, School

  "Berry Almost Chose Bylines Over Marquees". Interview with Geoff Pevere, www.thestar.com. April 13, 2007.

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• Women tend to be conservative in youth and get more radical as they get older because they lose power with age. So, if a young woman is not a feminist, I say, just wait.

  Gloria Steinem

  Feminist, Waiting, Feminism

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• If there's anything the world disdains more than uppity young women, it's uppity old women. Dying young has always been a woman's best career move.

  Erica Jong

  Moving, Careers, Dying

  Erica Jong (2007). “What Do Women Want?: Essays by Erica Jong”, p.59, Penguin

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• An Internet rumor claims that John Kerry had an affair with a young woman. When asked if this was similar to the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, a spokesman said 'Close, but no cigar.'

  Jimmy Fallon

  Rumor, Scandal, Internet

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• Young women who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking face an incredible climb as they try and exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential.

  Stephanie Ellis

  Sex, Trying, Full Potential

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• I've seen it in so many talented young women who hold back because they're not sure that what they say will be smart enough. Or maybe they've said something in a prior meeting, and people acted like they hadn't said it, and that was crushing. Then we have all had the experience where 20 minutes later, a man says the same thing and everybody responds positively.... So don't take it personally. Take it seriously so that you understand it, and then try to devise techniques to overcome it.

  Hillary Clinton

  Crush, Smart, Men

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• A dimly lit tavern, a willing young woman, are some of the reasons I cheat.

  Randy Travis

  Infidelity, Taverns, Adultery

  Song: Reasons I Cheat By Randy Travis

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• Contrary to what you may think, an immoral act of any kind will only lower your self-esteem. Be true to yourselves, and your respect for yourself will increase. Know that yours is a divine birthright. Cultivate a good opinion of yourselves. Others may make cutting remarks concerning you. This is only a sign of their ignorance and not of your qualities. Walk with that dignity which is becoming a young woman who is a daughter of God.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Daughter, Self Esteem, Ignorance

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• The Young Women's Christian Association is nourished by its roots in Christianity and, at the same time, over the years, it's been enriched by beliefs and values from all kinds of places, even, in fact, strengthened by our diversity.

  Patricia Ireland

  Christian, Roots, Years

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• Even just pestering people with questions, and being nosey and pushy and getting her way, are things I think many young women grow up struggling with, to assert themselves.

  Deborah Ann Woll

  Growing Up, Struggle, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm always writing to a younger version of myself, or a young woman who is like I was. I want that girl to know that I really existed and that it all went down that way.

  Melissa Febos

  Girl, Writing, Want

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Yes, I do strive to be someone young women can look up to.

  Chyler Leigh

  Looks, Strive, Look Up

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• As a relatively young woman - I'm 33 - I hope to one day have a family and already have commitments. If and when I'm elected as an MP, I would face a choice: take my family with me to London each week or be apart for four, maybe five, nights a week.

  Lucy Powell

  Commitment, Night, Mps

  "Despite Sarah Palin, the glass ceiling for women in politics remains" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. September 5, 2008.

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• Ultimately, it's a really brave thing to do what makes you happy as opposed to what the norm, or the social norm is, and that's a very important thing for people to remember, especially young women.

  Mia Wasikowska

  People, Brave, Important

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• What I would say to young women is: Pay attention to the real. Pay attention to what you're really thirsting for. What do you really want? And I think that's much harder to decipher in a culture that has no interest in it. What interests me is, are we going to wake in time? Are human beings going to wake up to ourselves, to the incredible poverty that's on this planet, to what we're doing to the earth, to what we're doing to women, to what we're doing to boys? That's what's important.

  Eve Ensler

  Real, Boys, Thinking

  "The Big Idea: Eve Ensler". Interview with Suzanne Koven, therumpus.net. June 12, 2013.

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• I worked with two young women translators. One died and the other received a death threat from the Taliban.

  Eliza Griswold

  Two, Young, Threat

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• When I bought the [WNBA] team, I saw that no one really cared about them. Like the locker facilities that these young women have to work in-they weren't right. I want to give them the best locker room facilities and show them they're valued-because if you show them value, they're going to perform better. And this goes for all women, not just basketball players.

  Sheila Johnson

  Basketball, Team, Player

  Source: www.seventeen.com

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• But it's hard for me to pinpoint where all my characters and dialogue come from - imagination or real life. My memoir, of course, was all about my past, and many of the short stories cleave very closely to my life, but the more stories I wrote in the collection, the more that seemed to be invented, but who knows... I think I'm writing about a young woman with acne who shoplifts, but I'm really writing about myself.

  Said Sayrafiezadeh

  Real, Writing, Character

  Source: therumpus.net

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• One of the early tip-offs to me about the enormous changes that were going on with being in a Bangalore house, home, where the young woman from a nearby village, who had been hired to baby sit newborn twins, suddenly said after two weeks of work: 'I'm sorry, this is too much work, I'm going to try applying for call center jobs. The pay is better.'

  Bharati Mukherjee

  Baby, Jobs, Sorry

  "Literary Getaways: Book Your Travel. Literally". "Talk Of The Nation" with Andrea Seabrook, www.npr.org. June 16, 2011.

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• Anything that increases the voice of young women tends therefore to reduce the fertility rate.

  Amartya Sen

  Voice, Fertility, Increase

  Interview with David Barsamian, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. September 29, 2011.

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• I'll be the first to admit I wasn't very happy doing what I did [escorting] nor was I very talented at it, so perhaps that's what worked to make it boring for me. However it's hard for me to imagine that a lot of young women who would enjoy and be good at being an escort.

  Marie Calloway

  Firsts, Boring, Imagine

  Source: therumpus.net

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• My father was extremely loving to me and funny and wise and understanding, and at other times extremely demanding, critical, calculating, exacting. When you're a young woman, I think you want to please a lot, so maybe you accept more of the criticism than you would as an older person. But criticism can be very wounding. It certainly was to me.

  Anjelica Huston

  Wise, Father, Thinking

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• I don't think Emma Watson needs any advice. She's an incredibly smart young woman who knows what she wants out of life and she has some great parents.

  Ethan Hawke

  Smart, Thinking, Parent

  "Ethan Hawke Talks Regression". Interview with Josh Lasser, www.ign.com. February 4, 2016.

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• I think a lot of young women are probably fearful or embarrassed or cautious or hiding whatever their particular sexuality might be. From the most odd to the just slightly abberrant.

  Steven Shainberg

  Thinking, Might, Odd

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• I think I was shy as a young woman and realized that photography was an ideal way of expressing myself, of telling people what was going on without having to talk.

  Martine Franck

  Photography, Thinking, People

  Louise Baring, Martine Franck (2007). “Martine Franck”, Phaidon Press

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