One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman. — Simone de Beauvoir

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I am passionate about everything in my life--first and foremost, passionate about ideas. And that's a dangerous person to be in this society, not just because I'm a woman, but because it's such a fundamentally anti-intellectual, anti-critical thinking society. --bell hooks ― bh

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I felt the water rising enough to touch my Vans. She was worth ruing a pair of shoes over. ― Nyrae Dawn, What a Boy Wants

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I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to bring Peter Morgan's Princess Elizabeth to life; she is a gift of a role and a challenge I am so grateful for - a young woman trying to navigate a path through an extraordinary situation. - Claire Foy

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In dietary terms, being shod is rather similar to cooking one's feet, as opposed to barefoot being raw. ― Mango Wodzak, Destination Eden - Eden Fruitarianism Explained

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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man. - Golda Meir

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The less we love her when we woo her, The more we draw a woman in,

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Hell has no fury like a woman scorned - William Congreve

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The only thing I'll never have is what I have lost for ever and ever... As long as I live, until I draw my last breath, I shall remember Asel and all those beautiful things that were ours. The day I was to leave I went to the lake and stood on the rise above it. I was saying good-bye to the Tien Shan mountains, to Issyk-Kul. Good-bye, Issyk-Kul, my unfinished song! How I wish I could take you with me, your blue waters and your yellow shores, but I can't, just as I can't take the woman I love with me. Goodbye, Asel. Good-bye, my pretty poplar in a red kerchief! Good-bye, my love, I want you to be happy.

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You may like walking barefoot, but keep your shoes with you; you may need it when the ground changes! ― Mehmet Murat ildan

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