Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it. Andrea Dworkin commitmentdistinguishman Change image and share on social
Around me I saw women overworked and underpaid, doing men's work at half men's wages, not because their work was inferior, but because they were women. Anna Howard Shaw halfinferiorman Change image and share on social
I'm more influenced by characters than standups. I love strong, comic women because it's so hard, and I have so much respect for anyone who can do it. I'm a big fan of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and people like that. Amy Hoggart amybigcharacter share on social
There was a woman in Tunisia called Madame Pinot. She was a midwife and had helped in the birth of my siblings and me. I assisted her. I helped women give birth to a lot of babies when I was very young. Azzedine Alaia assistbabybirth share on social
Can you not see that women could do and would do a hundred times more for the slave, if she were not fettered? Angelina Grimke fetterhundredslave Change image and share on social
I just want to keep writing characters who are interesting and complicated people and interesting roles for women, in TV or film or in theater. I think that's like my 'Blues Brothers' mission. Elizabeth Meriwether bluebrothercharacter Change image and share on social
I fell in love with many women at school who had no idea I existed. I'm a bit of a romantic. Eric Bana biteexistfall Change image and share on social
If you're a woman doing classic theater, the big roles are often destroyers. I've played Hedda Gabler, Lady Macbeth, some of the Chekhovian heroines, Electra, Phaedra - they're all powerful women, but they're forces of negativity. Eve Best bigchekhovianclassic share on social
New voices in an old art - and women poets have been that for much more than a century - do not diminish the art through the category. They enrich it. They renew it with common quandaries of craft and innovation. The category simply allows the quandaries to be seen more clearly. Eavan Boland artcategorycentury share on social
I cannot doubt that women will line up, like the men elected, with the groups whose political thinking and convictions are in accord with their own political convictions. Edith Rogers accordconvictiondoubt Change image and share on social
