“I was always really inspired by watching the older girls competing, just seeing other Olympians do great things, and I just really wanted to be a part of that whole experience. And to be able to represent USA was always a goal of mine.” WholeAbleWantedGirlGoalSeeingMinesInspiredGreat ThingsUsaCompetingOlympian Author:Aly Raisman
“I'm a takeout kind of girl. Whole Foods prepares most of my meals.” KindWholeGirlMealsKind Of GirlWhole Foods Author:Jenna Ushkowitz
“I moved on from the whole 'Playboy' thing five years ago and really never looked back. I'm not one of those girls who goes back to all the parties and things.” YearsWholeGirlPartyFiveYears AgoMovedFive YearsPlayboyMoved OnI Moved On Author:Holly Madison
“The whole 'bad girl' thing allows me to mess up sometimes. And I have freedom to say more of what I want to.” WantSometimesWholeGirlMessBad GirlBeing BadGirl Thing Author:Ronda Rousey
“I try to gauge whether a girl likes me before I make a move. I would write a page-long note to a girl.If she wrote a whole page back, I knew she liked me, too. If she wrote back like two words, then I figured I'd move on.” IfsWritingTryingLongTwoWholeMovingGirlPagesNotesLikesGaugesMake A Move Author:Devon Werkheiser
“The whole dating ritual was different when I was a kid. Girls got pinned, not nailed.” DifferentWholeKidsGirlDatingRitual Author:Bill Maher
“I have drawn my whole life. My parents were in the tapestry restoration business, and as a young girl, I would draw in the missing parts of the tapestry that needed to be re-woven. My ability to draw made me indispensable to my parents.” MadeWholeYoungGirlParentAbilityMissingNeededDrawsDrawingWhole LifeIndispensableRestorationBourgeoisWovenTapestry Author:Louise Bourgeois
“I went to all-girls' schools my whole life, so every model of leadership that I saw was a young girl or a woman, and so there was never any hesitation that women could lead. I know what I believe.” KnowsBelieveWholeSchoolYoungGirlI BelieveSawsModelsWhole LifeHesitation Author:Nancy Pelosi
“And what rules of economy dictate that a boy without a foot is more whole than a girl without a tongue?” WholeGirlBoysEconomyFeetTongue Author:Julie Berry
“I've been wanting to do a documentary on the true heart of the groupie ever since I was one. The groupie is just a girl who loves music and loves to be around the people who make it. She is the fan that takes it to the next level to experience the whole shebang.” PeopleHeartWholeGirlNextLevelsFansAnd LoveDocumentariesMusic LoveNext LevelGroupieJust A GirlMusic And LoveTrue Heart Author:Pamela Des Barres
“I can't help but be a different person now that I've had kids. That really does change your whole perspective on life for the better. I definitely feel like I've grown up. So, I guess in a way parts of me are going to be different, but in general I'm still the same girl from the Bronx who had big dreams.” WayFeelsPersonsDoeStillsI CanDifferentWholeHelpingDreamBigsKidsGirlPerspectiveBronx Author:Jennifer Lopez
“There's a tolerance and this is a really big thing when it comes to really increasing the whole sense of getting something done and boosting the economy. Obviously not everything is going to be a bonanza, some things are going to be awful, but wouldn't it be great if we had a fantastic window dresser to do something with those windows on Fairfield green and those Victoria's Secret windows. I love girls in bras in panties, but these are just mannequins. Wouldn't it be great if some local artists got together and said, "Hey, Victoria's Secret, let's do something!" We need that.” IfsNeedsSaidDoneWholeBigsTogetherArtistGirlSecretEconomyWindowGreenToleranceLocalsAwfulHeyFantasticBig ThingsUnderwearVictoriaBrasPantiesDressersVictoria's Secret Author:Tina Weymouth
“They wanna know why, I'm so fly, a girl asked me for a ring and I put one around her whole eye I'm looking nothing like ya poppa, I wouldn't give a chick ten cents, to put cheese on a whopper.” KnowsGivingWholeEyeGirlTenRingsCentsCheeseChicks Author:Big L
“The one thing I would like to get across about my whole feeling regarding high school is how I was when I was fifteen. Gawky. Always a hem hanging down, or strap loose, or a pimple on my chin. I never knew what to do with my hair. I was a mess. And I still carry that fifteen-year-old girl around now. A piece of me still believes I'm the girl nobody dances with.” YearsBelieveStillsWholeFeelingsSchoolGirlPiecesOne ThingHairHigh SchoolMessFifteenAdolescenceChinsFifteen YearsHemPimplesFifteen Years Old Author:Nora Ephron
“Growing up my whole life, my mom was telling me how incredible and special I was and that I was going to change the world. I think it's important for girls to know that they can change the world, that they do have an impact.” ThinkingKnowsWorldImportantWholeGirlGrowing UpGrowingSpecialMomImpactIncrediblesMy MomWhole LifeChanging The World Author:Ashley Greene
“I remember getting this scrapbook that this girl made, that I actually gave to my mom to hold onto because she has a 'Twilight' shrine in their house in Florida. It was just this scrapbook of me, starting with 'Twilight,' and the whole progression of me and my career throughout that, and other stuff that I had done in between.” MadeDoneWholeRememberGirlHouseStuffCareersMomStartingMy MomTwilightFloridaProgressionThis GirlShrines Author:Ashley Greene
“Guys standing around and talking about Spanish fly: 'You know anything about Spanish fly?' 'No, tell me about it.' Well there's this girl Crazy Mary, you put some in her drink man, she, 'Haaaaaaaaaaaaah.' Oh yeah, that's really groovy man, Spanish fly is groovy, yeah. From then on, any time you see a girl: 'Wish I had some Spanish fly.' Go to a party see five girls standing alone: 'Boy if I had a whole jug of Spanish fly, I'd light that corner up over there. HAAAAAAH.'” IfsKnowsMenWellsWholeLightGuyGirlWishPartyTalkingBoysFiveCrazyDrinkStandingYeahCornersMaryThis GirlStanding AloneJugsGroovy Author:Bill Cosby
“To me, the tragedy about this whole image-obsessed society is that young girls get so caught up in just achieving that they forget to realize that they have so much more to offer the world.” WorldWholeYoungGirlRealizingForgetAchieveOffersTragedyCaughtObsessedCaught Up Author:America Ferrera
“My understanding of films was just as much as any young girl who watches Bollywood films. I had no idea about the whole process of filmmaking, about dialogue writing, scripts, screenplay etc. I had probably gone to two or three film shoots in my childhood.” WritingTwoIdeasWholeFilmYoungGirlThreeProcessUnderstandingWatchesGoneChildhoodScriptsDialogueNo IdeaEtcFilmmakingScreenplaysBollywoodWriting Scripts Author:Rani Mukerji
“The sparkle and morning-freshness of the shop, and the butter-conjuring girl, formed a mind-picture which accompanied the whole of my youth.(about the Buttercup Dairy)” MindWholeGirlMorningYouthShopsSparkleFreshnessDairyConjuringButtercup Author:Muriel Spark
“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
“'Sex and the City' is about outsiders. Single girls as lepers, should have been married by now. It's the reason the whole thing took off.” ShouldHas BeensReasonWholeGirlSexCitiesMarriedShould HaveOutsidersShould Have BeenLeperSex And The CitySingle Girl Author:Michael Patrick King
“I wrote my first play, Uncommon Women and Others, in the hopes of seeing an all-female curtain call in the basement of the Yale School of Drama. A man in the audience stood up during a post show discussion and announced, “I can't get into this, it's all about girls.” I thought to myself, “Well, I've been getting in to Hamlet and Laurence of Arabia my whole life, so you better start trying.”” MenTryingFirstsWellsI CanPlayWholeShowsSchoolGirlAudienceSeeingDramaFemaleWhole LifePostsDiscussionCurtainsArabiaUncommonBasementsStood UpYaleCurtain Call Author:Wendy Wasserstein
“I loved to dance and went to Studio 54 at least twice a week. But I always felt nervous around the people there. I was in awe of that whole Halston-Liza Minnelli crowd. To me, they were the real celebrities, and I was just a girl from Idaho.” PeopleRealWholeGirlFeltWeekCrowdsStudiosNervousAweIdahoJust A GirlStudio 54 Author:Margaux Hemingway
“I got my shot at the movies. I love doing standup live. I didn't know what I wanted to do. I wanted to try movies, so I gave it a shot. I had two shots and I didn't really do it. That wasn't really happening for me. On the second movie I got to meet the girl that would be my wife. So I got to hang out with her and get engaged, and get the whole wedding thing. It was really great.” KnowsTryingTwoWholeWould BeWantedGirlWifeHappeningsShotsMy WifeEngagedHanging OutReally Great Author:Jimmy Fallon
“[T]he House of Maidens was for little girls whose whole duty in life was to spill things, break things, and forget things . . . until they had spilled, broken, and forgotten everything they could, and thus made room in their lives for a little wisdom.” LittlesMadeWholeGirlHouseForgetRoomsBreakDutyBrokenForgottenSpillsMaidens Book:The Mists of Avalon Source: The Mists of Avalon
“Girls . . . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . . . Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh, fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about who was dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dolls, creating complex family groups and learning how to solve problems through negotiation and roleplaying. Which gender is better equipped, on the whole, to live an adult life, would you guess?” MadeWarReasonPlayWholeProblemGirlFightingHouseBoysGroupsCreatingGunAdultsComplexesGenderSolveArguingRanToysYardsNegotiationDollsToy Guns Author:Garrison Keillor
“... it is more than petty treason to the Republic, to call a free citizen a servant. The whole class of young women, whose bread depends upon their labour, are taught to believe that the most abject poverty is preferable to domestic service. Hundreds of half-naked girls work in the paper-mills, or in any other manufactory, for less than half the wages they would receive in service; but they think their equality is compromised by the latter, and nothing but the wish to obtain some particular article of finery will ever induce them to submit to it.” ThinkingBelieveWholeYoungGirlWishHalfClassPovertyTaughtParticularDependsCitizensPaperBreadNakedServantLatterLabourRepublicArticlesSubmitYoung WomenWagesPettyTreasonMills Author:Frances Trollope
“But these dear boys and girls--there is, something to be made out of them. If now they yield themselves to Christ they may have a long, happy, and holy day before them in which they may serve God with all then hearts. Who knows what glory God may have of them? Heathen lands may call them blessed. Whole nations may be enlightened by them. O brethren and sisters, let us estimate children at their true valuation, and we shall not keep them back, but we shall be eager to lead them to Jesus at once.” IfsKnowsHeartMayChildrenLongMadeWholeGirlJesusNationsChristBoysLandHolyGloryBlessedDearEnlightenedYieldServing GodBrethrenBoy And GirlHeathenValuationHoly Days Author:Charles Spurgeon
“I want world leaders to choose books over bullets...We can afford to give every girl 12 years of free education. It is absolutely in our power, and when we do, we will realize a whole new world of possibility.” WorldWantGivingYearsBookWholeGirlRealizingLeaderPossibilityNew WorldBulletsWorld LeaderEvery GirlFree Education Author:Malala Yousafzai
“You're always going to feel like you're catching up, and part of that is just balancing work and motherhood and the whole feeling of needing to please, which I do think girls and women feel more than men.” ThinkingMenFeelsWholeFeelingsGirlLike YouPleaseMotherhoodCatchingCatching Up Author:Kim Gordon
“I think there's a whole bunch of things that go along with being a girl. You're not supposed to have opinions or be tough or strong. You're supposed to be soft and vulnerable, and I find those qualities important in both men and women.” ThinkingMenImportantWholeGirlStrongQualityOpinionMen And WomenToughBunchVulnerableSupposed To BeBeing A Girl Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“I wanted to know why people follow rules blindly, or why girls had to act a certain way and boys didn't. Why could boys ask girls out and girls not ask guys out? Why did girls have to shave their legs and guys didn't? Why did society, like, set everything up the way they did? My whole adolescence was full of unanswered whys. Because they never got answered, I just kept lighting fires everywhere - metaphorically speaking.” PeopleKnowsWayWholeWantedGuyCertainGirlAsksBoysFireLegsAdolescenceLightingUnansweredLighting A FireAsk A Girl Author:Madonna Ciccone
“The whole 1950s notion was find the right girl, get married, move to the suburbs and then hang out with the guys while she stayed home with the babies. I felt that was sort of sad.” WholeHomeMovingGuyGirlFeltBabyMarriedNotionHanging OutSuburbsRight Girl Author:Hugh Hefner
“There's a whole split personality thing of being a farm girl and a rock and roll girl.” WholeGirlRocksPersonalityFarmsSplitsRock And RollSplit PersonalityFarm Girl Author:Kate Pierson
“When you get an idea and you fall in love with it there's not a whole lot of choice. You're going down a street and you meet this girl and you know it doesn't have to make any sense. Bingo! You're in love.” KnowsIdeasWholeChoicesFallGirlStreetsFalling In LoveThis GirlBingo Author:David Lynch
“I always wrote about girls that went to the beach and had that summer that changed everything. So I was interested in what it would be like to live in a tourist town where everyone has these life changing experiences, but your whole life is there.” WholeWould BeLife IsGirlChangedSummerTownsWhole LifeBeachLife ChangingTouristsLife Changing Experience Author:Sarah Dessen
“That whole thing about masturbating. Most girls, I guess nobody has to tell them, they just figure it out. I had to be told. Some girl actually had to show me a hairbrush and demonstrate exactly what to do. I just never figured that stuff out naturally.” WholeShowsGirlStuffFiguresShow Me Author:Patti Smith
“Boys and girls can be friends. It's not weird. They're a person and they can be your best friend in the whole world.” WorldPersonsWholeGirlBoysWhole WorldYour Best FriendBoy And GirlBe Your Best Author:AnnaSophia Robb