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“Virgil has very finely touched upon the female passion for dress and shows, in the character of Camilla; who though she seems to have shaken off all the other weaknesses of her sex, is still described as a woman in this particular.”

Stills Character Shows Seems Passion Sex Particular Weakness Female Dresses Touched

Book:The spectator

Source: The spectator

“Motherhood, in the sense of an intense, reciprocal relationship with a particular child, or children, is one part of female process; it is not an identity for all time.”

Children Process Identity Particular Female Motherhood Intense All Time Reciprocal

Book:Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution

Source: Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution

“As women's leadership qualities come to play a more dominant role in the public sphere, their particular aptitudes for long-term negotiating, analytic listening, and creating an ambiance in which people work with zest and spirit will help reconcile the split between the ideals of being efficient and being humane. This integration of female values is already producing a more collaborative kind of leadership, and changing the very ideal of what strong leadership actually is.”

Source: The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership

“Eliminate irrelevant and inaccurate comunications about what it means to be male or female, black or white, young or old, rich or poor, disabled or temporarily able-bodied, or to hold a particular belief system.”

Mean Able Young Belief Black White Poor Rich Particular Female Males Irrelevant Disabled Belief Systems Black Or White Rich Or Poor

Author:Rosalie Maggio

“TLC has helped me to know that as a musician, I can talk about anything; that there are no barriers, and that you can be yourself. That's what I love about them. Left Eye in particular helped me to stay on top of my A game. She's one of the best female MCs that I've heard.”

Knows I Can Eye Games Left Heard Particular Musician Female Being Yourself Barriers Left Eye Best Female

Author:Lil' Mama

“Comedy today is not what it was years ago. It's always changing, in particular to female comics. No longer are certain subjects considered to be a male preserve. Women can talk about sexuality and their bodily functions and it can be very, very entertaining. It's changed the impact of comedy acting.”

Years Today Certain Acting Comedy Subjects Changed Particular Female Years Ago Function Impact Males Sexuality Preserves Entertaining Bodily Functions

Author:Patrick Stewart

“I believe young female directors in particular should always remind themselves of the truths of their own stories and not let outsiders influence the authenticity of their films.”

Should Believe Stories Film Young I Believe Influence Particular Directors Female Authenticity Outsiders

Author:Shahad Ameen

“Growing up in Asia in a particular time period - the '50s and '60s - I attended a Catholic missionary school where I was taught by nuns and where consciousness of the body was repressed. Yet at the same time, the female body was a highly visible and sensitive site.”

Body School Consciousness Growing Up Growing Taught Particular Periods Female Catholic Sensitive Visible Missionary Site Asia Nun Repressed Female Body Time Periods

Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim

“What I like about Paper Girls in particular is that because we're approaching it more from a female perspective, we're able to consider the emotional states of these characters a little bit more, and think more of their interiority.”

Thinking Littles States Character Able Girl Bits Emotional Particular Perspective Paper Little Bit Female

Author:Cliff Chiang

“Female friendships are important because they help define us in a particular time and place.”

Important Helping Particular Female Female Friendship

Author:Victoria Scott

“My father once nearly came to blows with a female dinner guest about whether a particular patch of embroidery was fuchsia or magenta. But the infinite gradations of color in a fine sunset - from salmon to canary to midnight blue - left him wordless.”

Father Left Particular Color Fine Female Infinite Blue Blow Dinner Sunset Guests Midnight Patches Salmon Canaries Embroidery Magenta Dinner Guests Midnight Blue

Author:Alison Bechdel