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I've always had this female-empowerment thing in the back of my mind - because I wanted my mother to be stronger, and she couldn't be. ”
I don't mind being called a weirdo. There are a lot of people in hip-hop who are probably never going to get what I do. But, by just being myself, I end up touching a lot more people who might never have paid much attention to a female rapper. ”
But, by just being myself, I end up touching a lot more people who might never have paid much attention to a female rapper. ”
When everyone is spitting in your face and you can be nice back to society - that is the ultimate self empowerment and that’s what I was striving for. ”
There's two parts of leadership. You've got to be a good leader - you've got to be somebody that people want to emulate and care about the other people. But the other guys that you have have to accept their leadership. They have to respond to it. That's the chemistry that you never know how that is going to happen. ”
Women's fashion is more interesting than men's. ”
America, 5 years after this brutal attack, is testament that a Nation conceived in liberty and equality will endure. It is a triumph of millions of Americans but it is also the triumph of an idea larger than any one person, larger than any one nation. ”
A resilient people cherishing liberty and equality and the rule of law will endure. ”
One of the most interesting female characters I've written about was Meg Riddoch, the lead character in 'The Thompson Gunner'. ”
I grew up in a family full of strong women. A great aunt on my mother's side had been a matron on a hospital ship in World War II, and one on my father's side had served in the Women's Royal Naval Service. ”