“In Vermont, Governor Madeleine Kunin has given years of service to our state after becoming the state's first female governor in 1985. She is an inspiration to girls throughout Vermont and the country in allowing them to know that the opportunities they have are unlimited.” KnowsYearsFirstsCountryStatesInspirationGirlOpportunityGivenBecomingFemaleAllowingGovernorsUnlimitedVermontMadeleinesYears Of Service Author:Bernie Sanders
“Usually when I start to work and to prepare the movie, some inspirations, different kind of human beings, it can be someone I know, someone I don't, a girl, a boy. So usually when I start, quite right away, some inspirations come.” KnowsHumansKindDifferentInspirationGirlHuman BeingsBoysDifferent Kinds Author:Marion Cotillard
“One of my biggest inspirations growing up was Whitney Houston, so I was devastated to hear about her passing. I'm from East Orange, New Jersey, and started singing at New Hope Baptist Church, so she was like my fellow Jersey girl.” InspirationGirlChurchGrowing UpGrowingSingingFellowsEastPassingPassingsOrangeJerseyBaptistsNew JerseyDevastatedHoustonWhitneyNew HopeJersey Girl Author:Naturi Naughton
“Barbie has always been an inspiration. Dressing her was part of ever girl's dream.” DreamInspirationGirlDressingsBarbie Author:Reem Acra
“Well, growing up in LA, things are kind of thrust in front of you. You're almost forced to grow up pretty fast, with experiences and stuff. Going to that school there were a lot of rich girls, a lot of partying, a lot of wild things. You're put in this environment where you're forced to wear a uniform. It was all girls, so you rebel naturally, I think. I don't know, I just kind of got inspiration from every day living and going to school.” ThinkingKnowsWellsKindInspirationSchoolGirlGrowsStuffPartyGrowing UpRichEnvironmentGrowingFrontsRebelUniformsThrustWild ThingsRich Girl Author:Sarah Hudson
“When I got the call from [Hugh] Hefner... I thought, "Wow - at 40, they still want me?" And I thought it's almost an inspiration - like a "you go, girl" moment. I feel empowered that you can be married and and have three children and still be sexy and confident and look great.” WantFeelsLooksChildrenStillsMomentsInspirationGirlThreeMarriedSexyWowWant MeEmpoweredBeing Married Author:Cindy Margolis
“If you just had an inspiration at night or with a girl or whatever and you want to talk about it, you don't necessarily want to share it with everybody . . . That's the first thing that made me want to go solo; I wanted to talk about my own things, I wanted to try to be creative [in] my own way.” IfsWayWantTryingFirstsMadeInspirationWantedNightGirlMy OwnCreativeShareSoloBe Creative Author:K-Maro
“I get my inspiration from young stylish girls I see all over my travels.” InspirationYoungGirlStylish Author:Olivia Palermo
“We do look for inspiration amongst our own sex. Why not? You go into temples and they're full of all the lineage lamas who are male. What message does that give to a young girl, except that somehow she got trapped in the wrong body because of bad things she did in a past life?” GivingLooksDoeBodyInspirationPastYoungGirlSexMessagesMalesTemplesWhy NotBad ThingsTrappedPast LifeLamaLineage Author:Tenzin Palmo
“With Erin [from Paper Girls], I wanted to show what she might look like when she's 40, and I wanted it to feel authentic. In terms of inspiration I ended up using my wife for a lot of it. Just to kind of to give me almost an anchor so that I would be invested in making this character real.” GivingFeelsLooksKindRealCharacterShowsInspirationMightWould BeWantedGirlTermWifePaperGive MeMy WifeAnchorsErin Author:Cliff Chiang
“I never really put pressure on myself to make things seem new and spontaneous, mostly because I think everything is kind of derivative at this point. I enjoy the old-fashioned idea of like, His Girl Friday and Bringing Up Baby, those old movies. Those relationships are kind of where I've gotten inspiration for this character and this relationship. But I think what makes it new is just the words coming out of my mouth personally, and my take on it based on my own personal life experience is hopefully going to add something a little different, and add some flavor to it.” ThinkingKindDifferentCharacterInspirationGirlEnjoyBabyHopefullyLife ExperienceSpontaneousPersonal LifeFridayOld Movie Author:Judy Greer
“I think there are so many young girls out there who may be discouraged by the images they see in magazines or on TV, because it's such a media-driven culture. But people will be a lot more accepting of themselves when they feel included. Through my website, I'm in touch with a 13-year-old girl from Brazil; like me, she was born with a piece of her arm missing. She thanked me for the work I'm doing and said I give her strength, inspiration and confidence. Showing a young girl like that how you can be happy and have feelings of confidence is one of my biggest achievements to date.” PeopleThinkingGivingFeelingsInspirationCultureGirlAcceptingMissingAchievementDiscouragedWebsite Author:Kelly Knox
“When I look in the mirror I see the woman I knew I wanted to be as a child. When I was a young girl, I had a vision of the woman I wanted to be. And I often reached out to women of color in America for inspiration. My mother would regularly buy Essence and Ebony. I would look at those magazines filled with images of professional, intelligent women of color who knew who they were, who enjoyed who they were, and who were surrounded by other people who enjoyed who they were. When I look in the mirror, I'm really glad that that's what I see today, but it took awhile to get here.” PeopleChildrenInspirationTodayMotherGirlVisionIntelligentGlad Author:Amma Asante
“I always saw what the girls were doing, the supermodels, and they were my inspiration.” InspirationGirlSupermodel Author:David Gandy
“I believe there is a moment growing up when you build your own mood board. You do a collage - you collect a few things, a few images that will be so important for your future choices. Not only aesthetic, or what you like for dressing, but your artistic choices. The room where I put papers and pictures and posters on the walls when I was a kid, it's still very strong in my head today. This movie poster or that portrait of a girl I took from a magazine, deep inside, is inspiration that comes back all the time.” BelieveImportantMomentsInspirationKidsTodayChoicesGirlStrongI BelieveGrowing UpWallMoodArtisticOur FutureAestheticVery StrongPosters Author:Nicolas Ghesquiere
“You can draw inspiration from anything. If you're a good storyteller, you can take a dirty look somebody gives you, or if a guy you used to have flirtations with starts dating a new girl, or somebody you're casually talking to says something that makes you so mad - you can create an entire scenario around that.” IfsGivingLooksInspirationUsedGuyGirlTalkingDrawsDatingMadDirtyStorytellerScenariosFlirtationNew Girl Author:Taylor Swift