Quotes About Empowerment

I'm more comfortable with myself and saying whatever I want and not really caring about anyone else.

I've stopped caring what people think.

I was born with confidence in myself and who I am. Even when I was a little kid, I felt that, and I carried it all through my years. I'm 26 now, and I'm still that person. I think every woman needs to have that self-love.

When I was a kid, it wasn't very often that I could go to the movies and see an entire movie carried on the shoulders of someone who looked like me.

I guess, as an Emanuel, I have a voice that carries.

I don't write with this thing in the back of my head about carrying the weight of young black women on my shoulders.

I will say that Lynda Carter is an awesome woman.

'She-Ra' was truly my favorite cartoon growing up.

Women must learn to find self-worth within themselves, not through others. It is important to carve out a place just for you.

When the band first started, it was so much about carving out some space for myself and our audience and our songs.

It's important for kids to see someone who looks like them carving his own path. I definitely acknowledge that, and I think it's super great.

We're lucky as Drag Racers to have an opportunity to touch people's lives and in a lot of cases, change people's lives.

There is nothing wrong with a woman encouraging a man's advances, as long as they are in cash.

I just wanted to have my own dynasty. I wanted my own Cash Money or Roc-A-Fella. Outside of that, I also wanted my own media company.

We have to eradicate caste.

We have a particular philosophy in the casting room that we don't really tell the actors - the actors tell us.

That's one of my favorite Matador records: Cat Power, 'You Are Free.'

I absolutely loved working for 'The Sun' on 'Page 3.' It was an amazing job and a catalyst for future opportunities.

Typically, my advice to young artists is not to wait for someone to allow you to do the thing. Just do the thing, and they'll catch up.

As a woman, a lot of stories haven't been told and we've got a lot of catching up to do.

Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.

Never categorize yourself, society does that to you, don't do it to yourself.

I made the mistake of being too agreeable and catering to every need of my man.

Boxing was really cathartic for me.