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Quotes About Self-expression

Women should not allow themselves to be caught up in the hype that says performance, meaning the motions, is what matters.
~ Kamala Harris
Explore the idea of what the language that women speak would really be like if no one were there to correct them.
~ Helene Cixous
I think, as women, we have to stop being scared to be the women we want to be and we have to raise our daughters to be the women they want to be - not the women we think they should be.
~ Jada Pinkett Smith
They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes. They shouldn't look like fashion victims.
~ Ralph Lauren
Women show off their personality and character through accessories more than with low-cut shirts and skirts with huge slits.
~ Sarah Lafleur
Generally my feeling is that I think women are just in a universal way coming out, coming to their own more. And they have more opportunity, and basically we're equal.
~ Chantal Kreviazuk
I try to make women feel more powerful without losing their femininity.
~ Miuccia Prada
Some women think that if the look this season is minis, they have to wear minis. If you don't have great legs, there are plenty of alternatives.
~ Ralph Lauren
A woman needn't be dragged down by her functions.
~ D. H. Lawrence
Don't wear excessive make-up as you grow older. Young women can wear whatever make-up they want, but if you are older, you will regret it.
~ Carolina Herrera
I am a grown woman-- mostly-- and I can guzzle champagne with whomever I choose.
~ Annie Barrows
Ultimately, it's a really brave thing to do what makes you happy as opposed to what the norm, or the social norm is, and that's a very important thing for people to remember, especially young women.
~ Mia Wasikowska
lots of women buy just as many wigs and makeup things as I do ... They just don't wear them all at the same time.
~ Dolly Parton
The trouble about most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation, or hope to be one in the next.
~ Edith Sitwell
To men and women who want to do things, there is nothing quite so driving as the force of an imprisoned ego. . . . All genius comes from this class.
~ Mary Roberts Rinehart
I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write.
~ Maya Rudolph
Social media is something women didn't have 10 years ago, and that's a big aspect in feminism today. I don't have to be filtered by anyone. I choose.
~ Emily Ratajkowski
Women are individuals in parenting, and why not?
~ Erica Jong
To transform the world women need to strive for authenticity.
~ Christine Ebersole
Women come in all shapes and sizes, and we are what we want to be, not the label that is placed on us.
~ Erin Willett
Saudi women like makeup. And I'm OK with that. If that's what you want to make you feel good, go for it.
~ Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud
Many women dress for men before marriage, and for women after marriage.
~ Edith Head
Our goal as women should be to discover who we are and not who we think we should be or who the world wants us to be. It's not our responsibility to be arm candy!
~ Elisabeth Rohm
I'm interested in helping women become courageous in being exactly who they are. Because the only way to change anything is to do it from your genuine self.
~ Elizabeth Lesser