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Female Quotes

I can’t imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting Picture Quote #1

The Hobbit’ didn’t include female characters at all and was a very linear story, a book for children, really Picture Quote #1

Kneeling on the sea bottom in a place known as Tiger Beach, I watched a 12-foot- long female tiger shark cruise over the turtle grass with three silver bar jacks swimming in front of her nose Picture Quote #1

Women perform great in the box office. Audiences want to see lead female characters Picture Quote #1

I did get to shadow some amazing brain surgeons, a female brain surgeon in Toronto, another surgeon in London. And then we had a surgeon onset [of Doctor Strange] every day. So and he taught me to do sutures and was practicing on turkey breasts, raw turkey breasts Picture Quote #1

I grew up in a family of predominantly female bread winners who are strong and are fierce and opinionated. There’s not enough women like that on the screen Picture Quote #1

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I did six Broadway shows, and I noticed there weren’t many female comedians. When I went to a dancing audition, there were 1,000 girls. And there were three jobs. So I said I’ll just try comedy. And I loved it Picture Quote #1

Publishers are in business to make money, and if your books do well they don’t care if you are male, female, or an elephant Picture Quote #1

Small business owners that are female, that is their number one problem, is access to capital Picture Quote #1

The big thing for me is, I never think about myself as a female in business. I’m a person in business Picture Quote #1

Be that kind of girl who smiles when you walk past other girls instead of casting a dirty look. Don’t buy into the notion of female competition that society so heavily promotes Picture Quote #1

A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves down, because it is sort of a boy’s club. I’ll go up in my heels. I like that people don’t think I’ll be funny. I’ll take that on. I don’t do standup comedy - I do standup and I do comedy, but I don’t go up there and do jokes Picture Quote #1

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You can celebrate the female form in comfort. We left corsets behind in the dark ages, so why bring them back now? Picture Quote #1

So many other countries have had female leaders, in fact the U.S. ranks 61st in female representation in government and I think it is startling and sign of a change that needs to be made Picture Quote #1

I love flawed characters, male or female, and I only want to talk about flawed characters, really, in what I do Picture Quote #1

Women don’t question themselves when they enter into a story that has male characters, but men do question the validity of a female narrative Picture Quote #1

When I first started writing the books in the 1980s, all of the female detectives were flawed in some way because they were based on noir characters Picture Quote #1

I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own God and be true to him. I always say ‘him’ rather than ‘her.’ Maybe it’s because of my generation, but I don’t like the idea of a female God. I see God as a benevolent male Picture Quote #1

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All leaders, male or female, innately possess feminine qualities like empathy, candor and vulnerability - the difference lies in which leaders choose to suppress those qualities, and which choose to leverage them as strengths Picture Quote #1

Because I didn’t have any queer, lesbian, female role models I hated my own femininity and had to look deep within myself to create an identity that worked for me. Pop culture just doesn’t hand us enough variety to choose from Picture Quote #1

Feminism is lesbian in the sense that lesbians have always hated the female role and coveted the male role. It is based on Marxist notions of equality and class conflict that have no relevance to mystical and biological phenomenon such as love Picture Quote #1

A culture that gave the world the spiritual creations of the Classical Music of Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and Schubert, the paintings of Michelangelo, and Raphael, Da Vinci and Rembrandt, does not need lessons from societies whose idea of spirituality is a heaven peopled with female virgins for the use of men, whose idea of heaven resembles a cosmic brothel Picture Quote #1

For the female of the species is more deadly than the male. A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty. Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man; But it takes a very clever woman to manage a fool. I never made a mistake in my life; At least, never one that I couldn’t explain away afterwards Picture Quote #1

Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences - they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people Picture Quote #1

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In college, it’s very easy to maintain your female friendships because you’re in such close proximity all the time Picture Quote #1

All my friends are female, I’ve edited for a magazine for young girls for 15 years, I relate to women, and I’m very, very close to my younger sister Picture Quote #1

It makes me angry to think that . . . female sanitation workers will spend their days doing a job most of their co-workers think they can’t handle, and then they will go home and do another job most of their co-workers don’t want Picture Quote #1

To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, ‘Oh well, that’s for women’ Picture Quote #1

If anything, ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ is a generic romance cynically engineered to appeal to the lowest common denominator of female fantasy Picture Quote #1

Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It’s the female weapon and the test of a man is his ability to cope with it Picture Quote #1

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I can’t imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting. (Female Quotes) The Hobbit’ didn’t include female characters at all and was a very linear story, a book for children, really. (Female Quotes) Kneeling on the sea bottom in a place known as Tiger Beach, I watched a 12-foot- long female tiger shark cruise over the turtle grass with three silver bar jacks swimming in front of her nose. (Female Quotes) Women perform great in the box office. Audiences want to see lead female characters. (Female Quotes) I did get to shadow some amazing brain surgeons, a female brain surgeon in Toronto, another surgeon in London. And then we had a surgeon onset [of Doctor Strange] every day. So and he taught me to do sutures and was practicing on turkey breasts, raw turkey breasts. (Female Quotes) I grew up in a family of predominantly female bread winners who are strong and are fierce and opinionated. There’s not enough women like that on the screen. (Female Quotes) I did six Broadway shows, and I noticed there weren’t many female comedians. When I went to a dancing audition, there were 1,000 girls. And there were three jobs. So I said I’ll just try comedy. And I loved it. (Female Quotes) Publishers are in business to make money, and if your books do well they don’t care if you are male, female, or an elephant. (Female Quotes) Small business owners that are female, that is their number one problem, is access to capital (Female Quotes) The big thing for me is, I never think about myself as a female in business. I’m a person in business. (Female Quotes) Be that kind of girl who smiles when you walk past other girls instead of casting a dirty look. Don’t buy into the notion of female competition that society so heavily promotes. (Female Quotes) A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves down, because it is sort of a boy’s club. I’ll go up in my heels. I like that people don’t think I’ll be funny. I’ll take that on. I don’t do standup comedy - I do standup and I do comedy, but I don’t go up there and do jokes. (Female Quotes) You can celebrate the female form in comfort. We left corsets behind in the dark ages, so why bring them back now? (Female Quotes) So many other countries have had female leaders, in fact the U.S. ranks 61st in female representation in government and I think it is startling and sign of a change that needs to be made. (Female Quotes) I love flawed characters, male or female, and I only want to talk about flawed characters, really, in what I do. (Female Quotes) Women don’t question themselves when they enter into a story that has male characters, but men do question the validity of a female narrative. (Female Quotes) When I first started writing the books in the 1980s, all of the female detectives were flawed in some way because they were based on noir characters. (Female Quotes) I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own God and be true to him. I always say ‘him’ rather than ‘her.’ Maybe it’s because of my generation, but I don’t like the idea of a female God. I see God as a benevolent male. (Female Quotes) All leaders, male or female, innately possess feminine qualities like empathy, candor and vulnerability - the difference lies in which leaders choose to suppress those qualities, and which choose to leverage them as strengths. (Female Quotes) Because I didn’t have any queer, lesbian, female role models I hated my own femininity and had to look deep within myself to create an identity that worked for me. Pop culture just doesn’t hand us enough variety to choose from. (Female Quotes) Feminism is lesbian in the sense that lesbians have always hated the female role and coveted the male role. It is based on Marxist notions of equality and class conflict that have no relevance to mystical and biological phenomenon such as love. (Female Quotes) A culture that gave the world the spiritual creations of the Classical Music of Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and Schubert, the paintings of Michelangelo, and Raphael, Da Vinci and Rembrandt, does not need lessons from societies whose idea of spirituality is a heaven peopled with female virgins for the use of men, whose idea of heaven resembles a cosmic brothel. (Female Quotes) For the female of the species is more deadly than the male. A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty. Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man; But it takes a very clever woman to manage a fool. I never made a mistake in my life; At least, never one that I couldn’t explain away afterwards (Female Quotes) Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences - they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people. (Female Quotes) In college, it’s very easy to maintain your female friendships because you’re in such close proximity all the time. (Female Quotes) All my friends are female, I’ve edited for a magazine for young girls for 15 years, I relate to women, and I’m very, very close to my younger sister. (Female Quotes) It makes me angry to think that . . . female sanitation workers will spend their days doing a job most of their co-workers think they can’t handle, and then they will go home and do another job most of their co-workers don’t want. (Female Quotes) To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, ‘Oh well, that’s for women’. (Female Quotes) If anything, ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ is a generic romance cynically engineered to appeal to the lowest common denominator of female fantasy. (Female Quotes) Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It’s the female weapon and the test of a man is his ability to cope with it. (Female Quotes)

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