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Quotes About Independence

I am not a feminist, but I do believe in the strength of women.
~ Katy Perry
Dress for yourself and the man you love (if there is one). Women dressing to impress other women--forget about that. Forget about that. It's a very bad way of thinking.
~ Karl Lagerfeld
My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
~ Indira Gandhi
Other women who flew were women of independent means. But I had to do something with it.
~ Nancy Bird Walton
You have so much inside you, and the noblest happiness of all. Don't just wait for a man to come along. That's the mistake so many women make. Find your happiness in yourself.
~ Albert Camus
Most women who have done something with their lives have been disliked by almost everyone.
~ Francoise Gilot
The desire for freedom and independence becomes more of an issue for many men in relationships, whereas interdependence and connection become more of an issue for many women.
~ Deborah Tannen
Like all really strong-minded women, on whom everybody flops, she adored being bossed about. It was so restful.
~ Stella Gibbons
Women are more sure of themselves today. They don't have to emulate the way men dress.
~ Gianni Versace
Don't use men to get what you want in life. Get it yourself.
~ Helen Gurley Brown
A lot of people would say 'sexy' is about the body. But to me, 'sexy' is a woman with confidence. I admire women who have very little fear.
~ Allegra Versace
Our collective experience has shown that when women have the power to make their own choices, good things happen.
~ Madeleine Albright
Women must destroy in themselves, the desire to be loved-
~ Mina Loy
Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer.
~ Vidal Sassoon
Being frozen into the passive position of an object whose very existence depends on the eye of its beholder turn the educated modern Western women into a harem slave.
~ Fatema Mernissi
I'd never been a good damsel in distress. I was a "hands-on" damsel.
~ Jenny Trout, Possession
I try my hardest to push the point that I am a feminist. I really think it's important that people know that the women in this industry are empowered. They run it, man. It's awesome.
~ Jenna Jameson
Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won.
~ Pam Grier
Everything, and I mean everything, is about strong, powerful women.
~ Jesse Peyronel
Well behaved women do not make history.
~ Mae West
My biggest influences are strong, creative women that chart their own path, lead their own lives and drive the course of history.
~ Rachel Roy
Not many women got to live out the daydream of women—to have a room, even a section of a room, that only gets messed up when she messes it up herself.
~ Maxine Hong Kingston
I'm not interested in being a wife. I'm interested in being an empress.
~ Fran Lebowitz
I love strong women, not only in life but in craft.
~ Brad Garrett