Quotes About Empowerment

I don't ever necessarily feel masculine or feminine. I just feel... I don't know. Like, when I'm wearing women's clothes, it's not like I'm dressing like a lady, a woman; it's just like I'm doing whatever I want.

I am a lady and the leader of a national party.

People only look at my beard for a moment. Then it melts away and it's just another part of me. It's like the most natural thing, that this is what a bearded lady looks like. It's beautiful to see.

If you want to be a bearded lady then you are allowed to do that because you're not hurting anybody.

A lot of what I do around Houston is to find ways to lift people through literacy. It's become part of our family culture. Everyone in our family has found some way and capacity to serve. You don't necessarily need to be President or First Lady to serve and help.

I love myself and the bearded lady is fun and expresses everything I feel.

I want to show the world that if you want to be a bearded lady you are allowed to do it without being discriminated against.

I just don't like to be called a 'woman' or a 'lady' because I don't feel like either a woman or a lady. I feel like a musician.

Be like Sasha Fierce. Be like Miley Cyrus. Be like Rihanna. Be like Lady Gaga. Be like Rita Ora and Sia. Be like Madonna. I cannot be like them, except to the extent that they are already being like me.

There are so many things to learn from Lady Gaga.

I really like Lady GaGa and everything she is for her fans.

There are people we look up to, like Lady Gaga and what she's built. She's not afraid to own who she is.

I'm such a huge fan, and I've done classes of all Lady Gaga music. And she's just someone who evokes freedom and love for her fans and passion in what she does. Lady Gaga, I'll take you out for a salad anytime.

I am very, very inspired by Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus because they seem very fearless.

Shall we, who have laid the proud British lion at our feet, now be afraid of his whelps?

I have never laid a brick in my life. But my people have laid more bricks than anybody else put together. Because I know how to pay.

This is all me. That's why all my products come in this dragon egg literally 'cause I'm like, I laid an egg for you, girl. Every little last detail is so Nikita and extra and wild. I'm creating things I've always wanted to see in the beauty industry.

I still feel like there are so many things that I have to do to really become an icon. I've done a lot and laid down a lot of groundwork, but there's so much more work to be done. There's a lot more that I want to do, LGBTQ centers that I want to open. After I leave my legacy, then I will be that icon.

I don't want to say this in a lame way, but D. Rose is one of my heroes. His whole story and background and what he's done for communities in Chicago is super inspiring.

My favorite way to do business is the Landmark Education Forum.

Sometimes you feel all alone. You come out of a meeting, and something sexist has been said to you: That movie will never be made with that female lead. And you think, 'How am I ever gonna get another job?' When you hear other women having the same experiences, it makes you feel like, 'Well, I'm gonna keep going, and we're gonna fight this system.'

Going to meetings for Time's Up has been deeply affirming for me.

I don't do meetings.

Board meetings should not be for the benefit of the board. They should be for the benefit of the CEO and the senior team.