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Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation. ”
There is many a virtuous woman weary of her trade. ”
I feel fantastically excited that we have a leader who fought for the leadership without compromising his quite challenging view that the party has to change. ”
In Europe, we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women. ”
Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it. ”
It will appear evident upon attentive consideration that equality of intellectual and physical advantages is the only sure foundation of liberty, and that such equality may best, and perhaps only, be obtained by a union of interests and cooperation in labor. ”
You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second. ”
When I look at my daughter, who's 24, she is much more confident than I ever was and her expectations are higher. But I worry that there is a backlash brewing against progress on equality. ”
Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female. ”
Female characters in literature are full. They're messy: they've got runny noses and burp and belch. Unfortunately, in film, female characters don't often have that kind of richness. ”