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"People will say to me, ‘You’ve played so many strong women,’ and I’ll say, ‘Have you ever said to a man, “You’ve played so many strong men?”’ No! Because the expectation is [men] are varied. Why can’t we have that expectation about women?"
"Good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don't hurt."
"Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderful. In truth, women are the strong ones. It is just my opinion, I am not a professor."
"Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants."
"Every time a cool rock chick or actress seems to respect themselves as a strong woman, I'm like, 'Yeah!' And I love them, and they're my girls. And then they start to go downhill and people aren't paying attention anymore. So they start stripping their clothes off, because that's all they have left. I swear to everything I've ever known, I will never do that"
"Most people who meet my wife quickly conclude that she is remarkable. They are right about this. She is smart, funny and thoroughly charming... Often, after hearing her speak at some function or working with her on a project, people will approach me and say something to the effect of "You know, I think the world of you, Barack, but your wife... wow!""
"Women have always been the strong ones of the world."
"Women are never so strong as after their defeat."
"A man in the house is worth two in the street."
"Be that strong girl that everyone knew would make it through the worst, be that fearless girl, the one who would dare to do anything, be that independent girl who didn’t need a man; be that girl who never backed down."
"I think sometimes women who are supposed to be strong are also written as mean and vindictive."
"...to make the world safe for democracy."
"One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph."
"Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams."
"Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony."
"If you have something about yourself that's different, you're lucky. It's not a curse."
"Women kill me. They really do. I don't mean I'm oversexed or anything like that—although I am quite sexy. I just like them, I mean. They're always leaving their goddam bags out in the middle of the aisle."
"If you're not comfortable with a strong woman you're not comfortable with your own feminine instincts. You're not comfortable, period. You're going to be threatened by everything that's not exactly like you are ... and that is the measure any man."
"I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that's ever happened to me has taught me compassion."
"When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me"
