Quotes About Empowerment

Women have a right, I believe, to do whatever they want as long as they don't break the law.

The student-athlete should control everything that happens. From figuring out what kind of a degree they want to what type of a program they want to play for, they should control it all.

I meet regularly with my staff to ensure they are aware of what I want, but also to make sure they have the chance to influence the process and use all of their knowledge to help prepare the group.

Having spent a lot of time trying to figure out screenwriting, I do feel moved and I want to try to write good roles for women of every age.

In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made. Because I would not want to blame anyone else but myself if anything goes wrong.

As a feminist, I think you never want to have your characters defined by the relationships that they're in, and it did give her a chance to be a sophomore in college without a boyfriend.

I think that we can't deny the public's want for balancing out the images that are out there depicting women. Not all of us are 17 and a size two.

I feel like it's my responsibility to honestly cover a lot of subjects in part because I have two little girls and I really want them when they grow up to have a voice.

Bruce Lee was the first guy to bring film recognition of Asian men not being wimps, so it made me want to be as powerful as he was.

Leadership is helping yourself and other people achieve goals. The ability to direct your life to get the results you want is leadership.

I understand about the relative strengths of people, and I don't think people have to be anything. They can be nothin' if they want to be.

I've never played a character where I've had so much fun on the physical end. I don't want to say I like it too much but it's fun having a gun on you and getting to manhandle men.

If you're black living in the community and you want to change things, there are going to be things that happen. That's true of anybody. I mean you could use celebrity as a similar metaphor.

If San Francisco is indeed a city of leaders, then I think we should lead, and if we don't want a chain store, then we should say so loudly.

No man has ever paid a single bill in my life - I didn't want it.

Do we want something more from our car? ... To perhaps be a partner, a coach, someone that can use their understanding of the situation to help us reach our potential.

Anybody can say anything they want. Hillary Clinton can control her own campaign.

People don't always want to have females as leaders.

Our society doesn't want to help girls like that [in Black Snake Moan]. They just want to use them.

The Egyptian society needs to include its women if it wants to have economic prosperity.

If you're bullied your entire life you want to be able to just scream to the world 'well that's who I am!'

That you could fix me? What's more, that I could fix you? Well, Sorry, pet, I don't want to be fixed. - Caleb

I love being pregnant. You can do whatever you want.

I understand how to read people, and nurture them and guide them, and let them be free to do what they want to do.