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There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.
Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.
As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.
A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.
When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.
You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.
There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.
Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid.
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.
Well-behaved women seldom make history.
Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.
Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
I would always rather be happy than dignified.
I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.
World quotes adapted from the Abirate/english_quotes dataset (CC BY 4.0). Indian-figure and Hindi/Urdu quotes are a curated compilation of widely-attributed public sayings.