Quotes About Empowerment

Girls actually need superheroes much more than boys.

I want to keep playing strong female roles. I don't mean superheroes, but women who are really alive.

Let's bang the gong and chime for more Asian superheroes. The gatekeepers can certainly open the door - there's a wealth of East Asian talent around, and that needs to be tapped into.

Superheroes are the best of us. Never mind all those powers or the crazy costumes. The heart of a superhero is meant to inspire.

We don't have a lot of black superheroes.

I would want people to be their own superheroes, save their own days, know that nobody else is gonna do it for you. You have to pick yourself up out of your dark moment; you gotta be your own source of light, just like I was for me.

What I love about superheroes, and Superwoman in particular, is that in that comics world, they're all curvaceous. They're strong.

I just hope that when black people look at me, they don't see someone superhuman. They see themselves.

After I play a gig, I'm like a different person: I have superhuman strength.

As women we're expected to be superhuman, especially black women.

It's important to understand that one gender is not superior to the other.

Gay people are all like Superman. You have to be quite strong to be gay - or to be different in any way. You build special muscles.

The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of power, the most powerful guy in the world, in the service of those who had no hope, no chance.

Growing up, I always liked Catwoman and Superman; they inspired me.

When you're young, you feel like you're Superman and that you can't be hurt.

I could finally quit my job as a bartender and stop dreaming that I might be Superman and know that I was. Then I started thinking about how cool it was.

For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.

I loved Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, but I was always keenly aware that people who looked like me could not look like that.

Actually going to the supermarket to get my own groceries was a revelation. I'd never had to fill the fridge before, do my laundry, put petrol in my car. It was scary - but there was a kind of joy about it, too.

When I go out to the supermarket or when I'm feeling lazy, I just put a little bright lipstick or gloss, and it brightens the skin. It's about enhancing what I have.

I'm not a supermodel. That's not what I do. What I do is music. I want my fans to feel the way I do, to know what they have to offer is just as important, more important, than what's happening on the outside.

I'm not a supermodel. I make the best of what I've got.

I'm not one of these new supermodel girls on Instagram in bikinis. I'm different, but that's okay.

People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings, immortals, the dead... these are all people to me.