Simone de Beauvoir
Philosopher, Writer
"It is in great part the anxiety of being a woman that devastates the feminine body."
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Being A Woman
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Shania Twain
Singer-songwriter
"The best thing about being a woman, is the prerogative to have a little fun!"
Carole King
Singer-songwriter
"In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious."
Sylvia Plath
Poet, Novelist
"I am too pure for you or anyone."
Patti Smith
Musician
"Most women writers don't interest me because they're hung up with being a woman, they're hung up with being Jewish, they're hung up with being somebody or other. Rather than just going, just spurting, just creating."
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"The essence of femininity is to absolutely love being a woman."
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"My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman."
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"A feminist is someone who loathes being a woman and who dislikes the chief feminine characteristics."
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"When you find Fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman, the young."
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"Being powerful is a lot like being a woman: If you have to tell someone that you are, invariably, you are not."
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"I like being a woman, not a girl."
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"In those days one advantage of being a woman was that there was a basic courtesy towards us on which we could draw - something which today's feminists have largely dissipated."
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