Quotes About Empowerment

Children International is bringing a lot of hope to families who start out with nothing. They have nothing. Then Children International comes in, puts them in school, gets them what they need.

When you're in a situation where somebody puts something on you that you don't even know how to defend because it's not true... how do you defend that? It's just like, 'You know what? I'm going to take what you said about me, flip it, and make it lucrative.'

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

I never leave the house without putting on my lipstick.

Putting on fierce boots is an instant pick-me-up.

Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.

To me, Microsoft is about empowerment... we are the original democratizing force, putting a PC in every home and every desk.

I always look up to girls like Beyonce or Anna Kournikova. Girls who do something well but also look good. I think every girl loves to feel sexy and, sure, there's some creeps out there, but I'm putting myself out there. I guess I'm just working with what I have.

My fans kept asking where they could get clothes like 'Destiny's Child's', so it was only natural for us to do a clothing line. I was adamant about not putting my name on something that I didn't love.

A lot of us think we're invincible... but we have to start putting ourselves on the to-do list.

Little things in my past that I really thought were over and done with were still elements of the puzzle that weren't pieced together, and so she helped me do that.

Our future is in our hands and we must stop looking to politicians to fix matters - they can't.

I feel that to a great extent, the industry is fixated with fair skin, and that needs to change.

'Single' is usually applied to women as though they are a problem to be fixed.

Barbra Streisand did us all a great service when she didn't get her nose fixed.

A big part of fixing AOL is getting AOL to believe in itself.

I'm starting to feel like I can actually figure out how stuff works. I can actually pick stuff apart and have a chance of fixing it.

When I was in college there was a girls' flag football league. The girls were extremely aggressive.

I can actually dress up or bring my femininity in and bring my own flair and my own stout - and still be great at what I do. We're created different to be unique!

I like long floaty clothes that don't restrict me, and I live in flat boots.

I feel like my figure is a challenge because I'm quite flat chested but I've got a booty so I've got to look for the right things.

I would definitely wear flat menswear-like shoes.

Being a curvy girl, I've always, in the past, dressed just what's flattering rather than what I actually really want to wear. I'm trying to say that you can wear whatever you want.

I love wearing black. It's a real base for everything else - hair, make-up, accessories - and it's always flattering.