Maya Angelou
Poet, Memoirist
"I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being."
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Powerful Women
15 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Sheryl Sandberg
Business Executive, Author
"Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection."
Joan Didion
Author, Essayist
"You have to pick the places you don't walk away from."
Dorothy Parker
Poet, Writer, Critic
"As I was saying to the landlord only this morning: 'You can't have everything'."
Madonna Ciccone
Singer
"Powerful women are a threat in any society which is why I am such a target."
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