“Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.”
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“Really, every woman is an example to me, because as women we go through so much pain. We have to live this perfect life when we are messed up inside. We all go through trials and tribulations.”
“Women are the engine driving the growth in California's economy. Women make California's economy unique.”
“No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you.”
“Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.”
“I've always liked men better than women.”
“Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being.”
“Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests.”
“Yes, it's a man's world, but that's all right because they're making a total mess of it. We're chipping away at their control, taking the parts we want. Some women think it's a difficult task, but it's not.”
“Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream.”
“Most women are one man away from welfare.”
“There is a real vulgarity in the way women dress at the moment. They show off too much and try too hard. They don't understand where the line is between sexy and vulgar. I know where that line is.”
“There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.”
“Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.”
“We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.”
“The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend.”
“The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.”
“Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?”
“It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.”
“My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.”
“I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a word that is organic, that really comes out of the culture, that really expresses the spirit that we see in black women. And it's just... womanish.”
“Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done.”
“Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.”
“I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don't have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me.”