Quotes About Empowerment

I get paralyzingly nervous a lot of times, so I tried bravado. The way I dress and carry myself, a lot of people find it intimidating. I think my whole career can be boiled down to the one word I always say in meetings: 'strength.'

Lady Gaga listens to me. Her mantra is only one word - 'Bikram' - because Bikram makes her what she is today. It works.

I think that there are a lot of male writers and directors in Hollywood, and a lot of the female characters you do see are really one-dimensional, but I think that's changing more and more as there are more women taking control in Hollywood.

We're moving away from the one-dimensional nature for women. It used to be that you were known for one thing - a cultural thing, the way you walk, talk or look. Now everybody is allowed to be a layer cake.

I don't know any women who are one-dimensional, so why would I play one?

I think every woman should have a one-night stand. If it's done right, it can be liberating.

Divorce isn't one-sided, and I am by no means perfect. Becoming accountable for my role in the relationship was very empowering.

It is about time we reprogram the way women think, and I think it is important to push that toward women who need to understand that beauty is not one-sided.

For three or four decades, we've been sitting here in front of this TV consuming a one-way medium that we had no control over.

One creates oneself.

Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.

My clothes don't make one a different person, just more of oneself.

It's essential to feel beautiful to oneself. Not in an egotistical way, but in a self-loving way.

Self-love is not something that you get in one day or two days. It's an ongoing process, and I go through it every day.

We are running a very strong and ongoing marketing campaign to get families to send their children to school, particularly girls.

I just do my own thing, and my flower continues to blossom like one of those delicious Bloomin' Onions from Outback Steakhouse.

The Internet has really democratized ideas. There are no real gatekeepers any more, because if you have a great idea, and you put it online, people will find it and it will get in front of who it needs to get in front of.

I feel like - I know I talk about it all of the time. Body issues, online bullying, it is a thing. People go through it.

People want to be in charge of health information. They want it available the same way online banking is available.

I think that's important for all ages, to not be afraid of being an individual. I grew up on my own, as an only child, so early on I think I was quite capable of making decisions by myself and being an individual.

Whatever terrible things may have happened to you, only one thing allows them to damage your core self, and that is continued belief in them.

For people who have been ostracized, who have been all the way at the bottom, there's only one way that we can go - and that's up.

Creativity, for a lot of young people, is a coping mechanism. It's the only place they feel comfortable. It's the only time they feel like they're being heard or can make a difference, is if they can go into a room and do a drawing or go to a garage and play a song or retreat to this world.

The only time you will ever see me in drag is when I am - What? Getting paid. It is my job.