“I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.” TryingMadeWantedSchoolGirlStuffSportsHairAcademicUniformsStrictInkVolleyballNunDipOther GirlElementary SchoolSandpaper Author:Zosia Mamet
“My childhood was really comfortable and secure, but school was a nightmare. I was a lot taller than the other girls and they called me Gitte the giraffe.” SchoolGirlChildhoodComfortableSecureNightmareOther GirlGiraffe Author:Brigitte Nielsen
“When I finally went to school I had to adjust to other girls and learn their fiendish ways. Having learnt them, I turned them on all and sundry.” WaySchoolGirlOther Girl Author:Margaret Atwood
“Earthquakes just happen. Tornadoes just happen. Your tongue does not just happen to fall into some other girl's mouth!” DoeHappensFallGirlMouthsTongueCheatingCheatEarthquakesCheatedOther GirlTornadoesCheated OnI CheatedYou Cheated Author:Gemma Halliday
“If we continue to show young girls that they are being compared to other girls, we’re doing ourselves a huge disservice as a society. I surround myself with smart, beautiful, passionate, driven, ambitious women. Other women who are killing it should motivate you, thrill you, challenge you and inspire you rather than threaten you and make you feel like you’re immediately being compared to them. The only thing I compare myself to is me, two years ago, or me one year ago.” IfsFeelsShouldYearsTwoShowsBeautifulYoungGirlChallengesInspireHugeLike YouSmartYears AgoKillingPassionateDrivenCompareTwo YearsSurroundAmbitiousThrillOther GirlDisserviceTwo Years AgoKilling ItAmbitious Women Author:Taylor Swift
“I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all.” ThinkingGirlFairsPlentyOther GirlPretty Things Book:Little Women and Little Men Source: Little Women and Little Men
“I like smudgy black eyes and pale lips for evening. Red lipstick looks great on other girls, but its too much on me.” LooksEyeGirlBlackToo MuchRedLipsEveningPaleLipstickOther GirlRed LipsRed LipstickBlack Eyes Author:Saffron Aldridge
“As Anthony said to Cleopatra as he opened a crate of ale: "Oh, I say, some girls are bigger than others, Some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls' mothers.” SaidMotherGirlBiggerOther GirlAle Author:Steven Morrissey
“That's also one of the reasons I haven't found a man - he has to get past the other girls first and they are very picky!” MenFirstsReasonPastGirlFoundHavensOther GirlPicky Author:Nicola Roberts
“Why couldn't I be more like other girls my age? Take Mrs. Brown's niece. She spent every waking hour sizing up this beau or that, stitching tea towels and petticoats and putting aside a little each month for a set of Spode Buttercup dishes.” LittlesAgeGirlWomenHoursMonthsTeaBrownWakingDishesOther GirlTowelsNieceButtercupEach MonthMr Brown Book:Hattie Ever After Source: Hattie Ever After
“Boys are different from girls, but boys are also different from other boys, just as girls are different from other girls. Calling a book “for boys” or “for girls” is well-meaning, but to me, not terribly helpful.” WellsBookDifferentGirlBoysCallingHelpfulOther Girl Author:Marie Lu
“It's easy for me to work with other girls because I'm a tomboy and I don't want the guy, your boyfriend - I'm not interested in looking better than you, so don't worry. Fail or win, whatever it is, I need to go do stuff.” WantNeedsGuyGirlWinningEasyStuffWorryFailingNot InterestedBetter Than YouOther GirlYour Boyfriend Author:Michelle Rodriguez
“I just wanted to be who I was, which was like so many other girls I knew. We grew up in the city, had a hard edge and obstacles to overcome, but we were still young and beautiful. I didn't want to be all dressed up, all made up - I wanted to be myself, which hadn't been done before.” WantMadeStillsHardDoneWantedBeautifulYoungGirlCitiesGrewGrew UpOvercomingEdgesObstaclesDressed UpOther GirlYoung And Beautiful Author:Alicia Keys
“Ive never really been the type to dress up like the other girls do. Im more of a casual, relaxed kind of girl. More athletic.” KindGirlTypeDressesRelaxedAthleticCasualOther GirlKind Of Girl Author:Katherine Webb
“I'm not in my element standing around in a bikini in front of strangers. I never stand up in a bikini, even at the swimming pool. I feel like a normal person when it comes to things like that. I'm like any other girl who doesn't want to show her bottom.” WantFeelsPersonsShowsGirlFrontsElementsNormalStandingBottomStrangerSwimmingPoolOther GirlBikinisSwimming Pool Author:Elizabeth Hurley
“The girls that I grew up with, and my friends and I, we just never had interests in common. I loved comedy. I loved Saturday Night Live, Gilda Radner, Lucille Ball, and Goldie Hawn movies. I just wanted to laugh. I liked women in comedy, and I liked male comics as I got a little older. My interests just never matched up with other girls'.” LittlesWantedNightGirlInterestCommonLaughingComedyGrewGrew UpMy FriendsBallsMalesSaturdaySaturday NightOther GirlMatchedSaturday Night Live Author:Amy Schumer
“I remember my agent at the time called me and was like, "I've got it! I've found it! I've found your role!" I worked my ass off to get that role, because I think me and three or four other girls tested for it. But it was a great time.” ThinkingRememberGirlThreeFoundRolesFourAssAgentsTestedGreat TimesOther Girl Author:Sherilyn Fenn
“I try not to be but Im super-neurotic about diet. Im neurotic about trying not to be neurotic! Im like every other girl. I have to try really hard my whole life to try to be fit. And Im super-vain. And I want to wear cute clothes.” WantTryingHardWholeGirlFitClothesWhole LifeVainCuteDietsNeuroticOther Girl Author:Gwen Stefani
“I remember going to him (Richard England) and saying, “You know, how come you don't give me any parts?” I did Raymonda and a couple of other nice parts, but mostly he was giving a lot of parts to the other girls. He said, “Those girls are short and they're not going to get into ABT, but I think you are going to get into ABT. I think you're going dance later, so I'm not worried about you.”” ThinkingKnowsGivingSaidRememberGirlKnow HowNiceCoupleGive MeEnglandWorriedOther Girl Author:Susan Jaffe
“I'm totally into Taylor Swift. I think she has super-clever lyrics, and I love that she writes her own music. Some of the themes she writes about are stuff I wish was there for me when I was in high school, and I'm so happy she really cares about her female fans. She's not catering to a male audience and is writing music for other girls.” ThinkingWritingCareSchoolGirlWishStuffAudienceFansHigh SchoolFemaleMalesCleverThemeOther GirlWriting MusicCatering Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Whenever people call me the first female this or that, it doesn't make it more special because no one in front of me wanted the same job. I've always wanted weird stuff and enjoyed things differently than other girls.” PeopleFirstsWantedJobsGirlStuffSpecialFrontsFemaleEnjoyedCall MeOther GirlWeird Stuff Author:Ronda Rousey
“That I happened to fall into a career that no other girls wanted isn't surprising to me. I wanted something that didn't exist, so I had to create it.” WantedFallGirlCareersHappenedSurprisingOther Girl Author:Ronda Rousey
“Girls rival each other. Women revive each other. Girls empale each other. Women empower each other. Girls compare each other. Women champion each other.” GirlCompareChampionEmpoweringRivalsEmpowering WomenReviveOther Girl Author:Ann Voskamp
“I am just like any other girl, a sucker for romance.” RomanceGirlHeardSuckerAmberOther Girl Author:Amber Heard
“I think that is a really good message, especially for young girls to hear. The fact that someone like me from the western suburbs of Sydney could become an actress in movies who didn't look like a regular actress, and that I can make it I think gives a lot of hope to other girls who are really creative and don't necessarily follow the standard of what some people consider beauty to be.” PeopleThinkingGivingLooksI CanFactsYoungGirlCreativeMessagesStandardsWesternActressesLike MeSuburbsSydneyOther Girl Author:Rebel Wilson
“When I first came to America, I went into William Morris Endeavor for a meeting and I was like, "Yeah, I'm from Australia and I do comedy." I think that one of the reasons they signed me is because I wasn't like any other girl. Maybe girls don't get encouraged. The ones who get encouraged to move to Hollywood are the prettiest ones in their hometown of Iowa, or something. Whereas for me, where I come from in the western suburbs of Sydney, no one ever thought professional actors would come from there. Even my own family was like, "No one would want you on a show."” ThinkingWantFirstsReasonShowsAmericaMovingGirlActorsMy OwnComedyHollywoodYeahMeetingsWesternAustraliaEndeavorSuburbsHometownSydneyIowaOther GirlPrettiestMorris Author:Rebel Wilson
“The range of individuality in children is infinite, but every class of children seemed to have the same groups. And there was a chief girl and a chief boy - a girl that all the other girls of that age looked up to and imitated and a boy that all the boys looked up to and imitated. I realized that if I got them on my side and exclusively taught them for a couple of weeks, maybe for the first full term, then I wouldn't have any trouble. Teachers often make the mistake of thinking they're the boss of the class; they're not. The boss of the class is sitting down there somewhere.” IfsThinkingFirstsChildrenAgeGirlSidesTermMistakeClassBoysTeacherTroubleGroupsWeekTaughtCoupleSittingInfiniteIndividualityI RealizedChiefsRangeBossSitting DownOther Girl Author:Philip Pullman
“You should never be mean to other girls. I don't care what grade you're in. Be nice to people until you're my age... and you have your own TV show.” PeopleShouldMeanShowsHumorCareAgeFunnyGirlNiceTvsDon't CareI Don't CareGradesBeing NiceTv ShowsOther GirlBe Nice To People Author:Chelsea Handler
“I feel like a mother-queen-vampire-Dracula because I want to make more girls so I can have more friends and more girls to play with, you know? For a long time, it was really just me. There were other girls in the niche underground, but not on a world level.” KnowsWorldWantFeelsLongI CanPlayMotherGirlLevelsLong TimeVampireQueensNicheOther GirlLike A Mother Author:RuPaul