“Not even my excellent training at Juilliard prepared me for my first movie role, where I played a transsexual who falls in love with a military guy in 'Soldier's Girl.” FirstsGuyFallGirlRolesMilitaryTrainingPreparedFalling In LoveSoldierExcellentTranssexualsJuilliard Author:Lee Pace
“I had a terrible dream yesterday with military helicopters and the Taliban. I have had such dreams since the launch of the military operation in Swat. My mother made me breakfast and I went off to school. I was afraid going to school because the Taliban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending schools.” MadeDreamSchoolMotherGirlMilitaryTerribleYesterdayOperationsBreakfastTalibanAttendingHelicoptersMilitary Operations Author:Malala Yousafzai
“When you come from an environment that's military, and they don't stress that topic of aesthetics or beauty pageants and makeup, there are a lot of things you just don't have that city girls have. Or the country girl who goes to movies and dreams of going to Hollywood as an actress.” CountryDreamGirlCitiesEnvironmentMilitaryHollywoodStressActressesMakeupTopicsAestheticsPageantDon't StressBeauty PageantCountry GirlCity Girl Author:Pam Grier
“I grew up in a family where I was told there were no limitations on me as a girl and I could be anything I wanted to be. It wasn't until I joined the military that I realized that just because I was a woman - just because I had ovaries - I couldn't become a fighter pilot.These structural limitations were the motivation for me becoming a fighter pilot in the first place.” MotivationGirlMilitaryI RealizedFighterLimitation Author:Martha McSally
“I never went in thinking, "You're an African-American woman, so you're never going to win." I was just in career doing beauty pageants for the experience, and to show my brains and talent and help break stereotypes. It wasn't like, "Oh, I'll become a star. I'm beautiful." I never thought I was pretty. I couldn't even put on eyelashes or makeup. When you come from an environment that's military, and they don't stress that topic of aesthetics or beauty pageants and makeup, there are a lot of things you just don't have that city girls have.” ThinkingHelpingBeautifulGirlWinningBrainBreakEnvironmentTalentMilitaryStressMakeupStereotypePageant Author:Pam Grier