“Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.”
Source: Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions
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“The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.”
“My new motto is: When you're through changing, you're through.”
“If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.”
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”
“Everything bad that has ever happened to me has been caused by agents or lawyers.”
“If women ran the world, we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.”
“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.”
“As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.”
Source: A Writer's Diary
“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.”
“Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.”
“A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one.”
Source: The Yearling
“Women are never so strong as after their defeat.”
Source: Marguerite de Valois
Source: East of Eden
“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”
Source: Far From the Madding Crowd
Source: Social and Foreign Affairs in Iraq (Routledge Revivals)
“Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.”
“You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer".”
“I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.”
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Source: Moon Is Always Female
“A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.”
Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE