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“Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion”

“Whatever you do, be different - that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can't think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you're different, you will stand out.”

“You can have unbelievable intelligence, you can have connections, you can have opportunities fall out of the sky. But in the end, hard work is the true, enduring characteristic of successful people.”

“We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.”

“I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.”

“We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.”

“I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.”

“What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.”

“I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want.”

“I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow.”

“Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.”

“Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”

“There’s a saying in Africa, if you give a woman empowerment, you empower a community, you empower men, you empower man. When women become empowered and live in their strength it’s beneficiary to others, and I think as young women today we sometimes forget that we are standing on the struggle of other women. Those women had to stand up to make a change, and they were not popular, and now we’re making them unpopular again.”

“In life, if you don't risk anything, you risk everything.”

“If you want something done, ask a busy person.”

“The idea of being a feminist-so many women have come to this idea of it being anti-male and not able to connect with the opposite sex-but what feminism is about is equality and human rights. For me that is just an essential part of my identity. I hope [Girls] contributes to a continuance of feminist dialogue”

“Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.”

“When you forgive, you heal your own anger and hurt and are able to let love lead again. It's like spring cleaning for your heart.”

“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.”

“I've never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don't let it out. Then there's a tragedy, and then all of a sudden that strength comes. My message is let the strength come out before the tragedy.”

“We are aware that it is said, that woman is virtually represented in Parliament, her interests being the same as those of man; but the many laws, which have been obliged to be passed to protect them from their nearest male relatives, are a sufficient answer...They are evidently the production of men legislating for their own most obvious interest...without the slightest reference to the injustice they were committing against women.”

“If you don't risk anything you risk everything”