Quotes About Empowerment

It's really important for cycling and for women to be on a sporting stage which is in the mainstream and across the board, not just my own sport.

When I was a little girl, my dad always said to me that I was going to be this great businesswoman, that I was going to be the CEO of IBM. So that's what I came into the world thinking, that I was going to go into the business world and make my mark there.

How can another man call another man boss? That's like calling another man 'Daddy.'

I don't want to be a driving machine on my daily commute; I want to be driven by a machine.

I am shocked almost on a daily basis that my being me everywhere I go affects people so deeply.

When women come up to me like, 'I am a freaking senator,' or, 'I'm a doctor,' it's like, 'Damn, y'all like me? I look up to y'all!'

People can attack me personally, say what they want - I don't give a damn.

I have a message about how you should completely be yourself and not give a damn what everyone thinks about you. Look how you like; you're amazing how you are.

One of the things that I have learned in the last few years is to stop being so damn critical of my own work.

Directors didn't want to work with me because I was 'too controlling.' If it had been a man, it wouldn't have meant a damn thing.

Since I became a dancer, I have felt much better about myself.

I like my body. I don't want to have to change it for anything - even if that means I have to take a step down as a dancer. I don't think I'm ever going to sacrifice my figure for anyone else to accept me.

Yes, I'm a proud Latina woman, but before that - before the color of my skin, my accent, anything - I'm an actress, singer and dancer. I'm something bigger than just my background.

My goal for the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign is to create systemic change across all school systems. I want there to be diverse books that reflect the lives of every person, regardless of whether or not they are in the majority.

My challenge to all Republicans is to invent the systems and approaches to help people help themselves.

With abolition, it's necessary to destroy systems of oppression. But it's equally necessary to put at the forefront our conversations about creation. When we fight for justice, what exactly do we want for our communities?

I want to work with the Philippine people and make life better there; there are systems I can work with.

We need another revolution in the Arab world. We need an education revolution. If there's one thing we need to focus on, it's redesigning our educational systems.

I know firsthand how critical support systems are.

The innovation and creativity that's so manifest in the rest of society needs to be turned on our school systems.

We got to make sure that the Democratic Party is not just Democratic, but seen to be Democratic. That means we got to have systems in place that makes sure that everybody who participates in a primary is perceived to have an equal shot with everybody else.

Support systems and support groups are so important because that's what makes you stronger.

You see very senior women leaving technology and the men stay, mostly because they feel quite isolated and are isolated by the very systems.

We need to really focus on getting this digital equity across the board in all of our public school systems, for both girls and boys.