Quotes About Empowerment

For a woman who didn't want to be an actress, who is too tall, lanky, shy, and who didn't fit into a Hindi conventional heroine, I am overwhelmed that my audiences have accepted me in India and the world.

Beyonce's music is like lipstick or a decidedly tall pair of heels: It's empowering.

A tall woman can be just as feminine as a petite woman.

What we need to do is get rid of 'men's' and 'women's' sections and make sections that are, like, 'dresses for tall people,' 'pants for short people,' 'jeans for people with hips,' you know what I mean?

Since becoming a global star, if I may say so, I feel six feet tall.

I can't pull back. I'm 6 foot 3, I'm tall, and I'm gay. I light up the room.

People might think that because I'm skinny and tall, I'm fragile. But I always knew I wasn't. And it's comforting to know that I can throw a proper punch if I have to.

It doesn't matter how tall you are. You have to carve out space and hold your ground.

I received many compliments for my work as Kavya. The best compliment is when people tell me that they learn from my character and love the way Kavya reacts to every situation, how real she is and how she stands tall all by herself.

Putting on shoes with my prosthetic legs is still hard for me, but at the end of the day, I'm just putting on really tall shoes.

The minute you step onstage, you get eight feet taller.

Sometimes women who are taller aren't comfortable with it, but I love being tall.

A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence.

I tell girls, 'If you're tall and feel too tall, the answer is to be taller.'

Ronnie Spector's hair was taller and meaner and scarier than all four Shangri-La's combined, plus the drummer from the Honeycombs. You just know her rat-tail comb was a switchblade.

I don't want to be taller; I want to be myself.

The worst part about being so small is that I always have to rely on someone. I can't go anywhere on my own, so I'm always dependent. I can't run or walk too fast. If I was taller for a day, I'd just go off on my own independently.

Makeup does a lot for your confidence. When I put makeup on, I walk taller. I smile more. I feel good. I know I look prettier. Even if I just put day makeup on.

There's nothing that helps clear my mind and improve my mood more than sweating in a room with my friends to some amazing new music and feeling stronger and taller every time I walk out. It's truly incredible. I'm addicted. And the results aren't half bad, either.

I'm not the tallest or the thinnest - and I think being in shows is a major part of when I stopped second-guessing myself.

I used to have a very difficult childhood because I was always the tallest girl in school, and everybody was staring at me and saying, 'You are very different.' Now, different is good.

Western women have been a pretty tame lot - dressed in gingham dresses and consigned to hand-wringing back at the ranch, while the hero is fighting for her honor.

We can't be tamed at all. We've never been that kind of group. We always used to talk about how our image was as big as our sound.

Kim Tan is me! And I am Kim Tan.