Quotes About Equality

When I came out, when I was 17 years old, it was one of those things where I realized that there was going to be so many obstacles, but being gay doesn't mean being weak.

What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else?

China has always maintained that all countries, big or small, rich or poor, strong or weak, are equal members of the international community and they should stand and speak in the world as such.

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized.

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

A movie about a weak, vulnerable woman can be feminist if it shows a real person that we can empathize with.

Love can never make you weak, and love is not restricted to opposite sex. I love my parents, I love my animals, and I love my profession.

I'm motivated by creating a level playing field for the world so that the weak have a chance.

To the question how one kind of labor can be measured against another, how the labor of the artisan can be measured against the labor of the artist, how the labor of the strong can be measured against the labor of the weak, the communists can give no answer.

Christians do not say that people should be reduced merely to what they can produce or what they can buy - that we should let the weak go under and only the strong survive. No, we say, 'Do to others what you would have them do unto you.'

If women talk in ways expected of them or project a feminine demeanor, it's seen as weak. But if they talk in ways associated with men or bosses, then they're seen as too aggressive. Whatever they do violates one or the other expectation: either you're not talking as you should as a woman or as boss.

I keep getting asked how I write about such smart, strong women, and my response is, what's the alternative? Weak, stupid women? They're just normal people, not role models - if you're aspiring to be like any of them, something's a little bit wrong. You may want to dress like one or have her job, but do not aspire to be her!

When I write, I have always tried to be on the side of the weak. The side of the powerful is not literature's side.

The problem with Russia is not that it has laws restricting promotion of the gay lifestyle. The problem with Russia is that it has no laws that effectively constrain the strong or protect the weak.

There's a tendency among some male writers to make the women in their stories weak and needing of rescue so that their hero looks like a manly man.

I think women are strong, and they have never been weak.

I want to convey to women across the globe that they aren't weak. They can fight for themselves and get justice.

Implying women are too weak to take a joke is *implicitlty* sexist, and ridiculous.

I am here to say that there is no drawback to being a woman in business. But if you think it's a drawback, then it probably does work against you. It's like playing poker. People will look for your weak spot, and your weak spot is only what you allow it to be.

Unfortunately, people always tend to think that girls are weak when it comes to physical tasks. The pressure is there to prove them wrong.

I have done and want to do roles that portray women in a strong light and inspire those women who think they are weak and helpless.

I want to encourage women not to feel weak. Don't be afraid to speak out.

My mother said that we're so lucky to be women. It's not that men are weak. Men are men. We're two completely different animals.

I loved those movies from the eighties, movies like 'Working Girl,' 'Nine to Five,' 'Outrageous Fortune,' 'The Heat,' 'Bridesmaids,' 'Pitch Perfect,' and others.