#women

Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our "beauty" so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#approval #beauty #carrying #exposed #identity

We always think of a diet with a big groan. But I think diets are fun. I think it is an American pastime for a lot of women. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#american #big #diet #diets #fun

We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home. ↗

— Ingvar Kamprad

#because #decide #everything #home #management

But really, we also need to learn how to love one another as women. How to appreciate and respect each other. ↗

— Chaka Khan

#also #another #appreciate #each #how

With regard to power, women don’t have the vanity men have. They don’t need to make power visible, they only want the power to give them the other things they want. Security. Food. Enjoyment. Revenge. Peace. They are rational, power-seeking planners, who think beyond the battle, beyond the victory celebrations. And because they have an inborn capacity to see weakness in their victims, they know instinctively when and how to strike. And when to stop. You can’t learn that... ↗

— Jo Nesbø

#women #food

If the same energy went into marketing movies to women as they do on the other demographics we might see more of a spike. ↗

— Callie Khouri

#energy #into #marketing #might #more

When I used to go into bars people would try and fight me. Women would punch me 10 years ago or put cigarettes out on my arm or my face. But it doesn't seem to happen any more. They show us a lot of love. ↗

— Johnny Knoxville

#any #arm #bars #cigarettes #face

I've always had the impression that real militants are like cleaning women, doing a thankless, daily but necessary job. ↗

— Francois Truffaut

#cleaning #daily #doing #had #i

From a viable economy to the full funding of Headstart, from a clean environment to true equality for women, from a strong military to a commitment to racial brotherhood, from schools that are honored to streets free of excessive violence. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#clean #commitment #economy #environment #equality

Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#expect #get #men #more #producers