I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.
Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes'; They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'
No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society.
I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that.
Some of the best roles are for women in these independent, smaller movies.
I don't need the Prince Charming to have my own happy ending.
I really wanted to work and become independent.
Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
I was always an independent, even when I had partners.
I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself.
The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.
Independent women must expect more of themselves, since neither men nor other more conventionally domesticated women will hope for anything, or expect any result other than utter failure.
I'm a very independent woman.
We're comfortable with movie stars having money. We're comfortable with a woman marrying a rich guy and having money. We're not so comfortable with a woman independently working in business and making a lot of money.
A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.
I consider myself to be a very strong, independent woman.
Any woman whose I.Q. hovers above her body temperature must be a feminist.
Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.
Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration
Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed had not labor first existed.
When we do the best we can, we never know what miracles await.
A man is not a financial plan.