I really identified with Pocahontas' struggles as a young woman trying to identify herself in a modern, changing world and trying to stay true to her culture and heritage. Qorianka Kilcher Culture • Her • Identify Herself • Modern • Pocahontas Struggles • True • Trying • Woman • World • Young Woman
I've seen a big shift, especially in my classroom, with women standing up and demanding respect. That's in every woman, whether 16, 26, 56. Phyllis Christine Cast Big • Big Shift • Classroom • Every Woman Whether • Respect • Woman • Women
As a successful romantic novelist – one of my publishers is Mills & Boon – I create the sort of male heroes that no woman could fail to adore and few real men could hope to emulate. Phyllis Christine Cast Create • Hope • Male Heroes • Men • Mills Amp Boon • Publishers • Real • Romantic • Sort • Successful Romantic Novelist • Woman
As a black woman, I have no particular interest in maintaining the status quo. Why would I? The status quo is harmful; the status quo is significantly racist and sexist and a whole bunch of other things that I think need to change. Nora K. Jemisin Black • Bunch • Change • Harmful • Interest • Need • Particular • Racist • Status • Status Quo • Think • Why • Woman
My first series, the 'Inheritance' trilogy, in the first book, you were dealing with a woman of color from an impoverished culture, being brought up among wealthy, privileged white people and having to cope and perform in ways that she has not been raised to do, and that was obviously drawn from some personal experiences. Nora K. Jemisin Book • Color • Culture • Dealing • First • Inheritance • People • Trilogy • Woman • You
Enhancing a woman's silhouette and enhancing a woman's beauty – both contribute to enhancing her confidence, so they're synonymous, really. L'Wren Scott Beauty • Confidence • Contribute • Her • Really • Woman
The modern woman has a modern life, and most of us work. There's no time to change before we go out in the evening, so a dress should always look appropriate for day and night. L'Wren Scott Appropriate • Change • Day • Dress • Evening • Life • Modern • Time • Us Work • Woman • Work
I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure – however perfect they look – which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal. L'Wren Scott Enough • Figure • Good • Look • Perfect • Sad • Woman
As a designer, when someone wears my clothes, the biggest compliment I can receive is that the woman looks amazing because my designs have flattered her, not taken over her. I take that philosophy to heart myself each morning when I am getting ready for the day. L'Wren Scott Amazing • Biggest Compliment • Day • Designer • Heart • I Am • Morning • Myself • Philosophy • Ready • Someone • Woman
If T-Bone Walker had been a woman, I would have asked him to marry me. I'd never heard anything like that before: single-string blues played on an electric guitar. B. B King Anything • Blues • Electric Guitar • Guitar • Him • Me • Never • Singlestring • TBone • Walker • Woman
I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways. B. B King Different • Different Ways • Like • Love • Met • Never • Woman
Qorianka Kilcher
Phyllis Christine Cast
Nora K. Jemisin
L'Wren Scott
B. B King