Quotes About Determination

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I think women directors have to be really tenacious.

You have to do what you have to do.

I think a lot of women are incredibly tough and they're just really admirable. Especially the way that, given what they've got, they just manage to carry on.

As a kid, I grew to define what I didn't want my life to be like by sitting behind moaning women on the bus, hearing them bang on about their aches and pains, both real and imagined.

I consider myself to be a very strong, independent woman.

I certainly have played women who have a pioneer spirit and longing for adventure.

Here I stand, hobbled in a sack of doom, determined to tear out of it, knowing that I will.

The roles that I am attracted to are women who try to do something about their lives, and not a woman who waits for some circumstance or man to come rescue her. I have no interest in that.

If you're a woman, just make a freaking good movie. I don't believe in the women who say, 'It's too hard, I'm getting shot down.'

All women are created equal, then some become Ðœarines.

I don't have any special advice for America's women, except to know who you are and to put your priorities in order and to not worry about the naysayers and critics say.

It's a tough world out there, and women can't afford to be weenies.

'What's your favorite position?' 'CEO.'

There's nothing I wouldn't do, no matter how dirty or hard.

Of course women can have it all - if they want it all. I won't hear any defeatist talk. If you just dwell on problems, you won't get anywhere fast.

There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in Black women. It's as if a steel rod runs right through the head down to the feet.

When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone.

I love that as a theme for women: Stop standing by! You've got to make stuff happen! You've got to create your own world because if you let other people do it, they're going to just screw you.

Powerful women are the most interesting to play.

I write the things that I find most attractive in women. I like intelligence, I like passion - give me a little fire, be strong, don't be wishy-washy, do the right thing.

I love that ["Big Little Lies"] is about women coming together and making something happen very quickly, with friendship being the core of it.

There are times a women's just got to fight even if she knows it's a losing battle

Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason. I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.