Quotes About Empowerment

I am not self-destructive. I am not a person who wants to die.

I have made my own decisions ever since my father died.

We believe in the people of San Diego.

The only person who can stop Diego Sanchez is Diego Sanchez.

Everyone contacts me with the same questions: how can I be more confident? How can I get over my anxiety? And, without being preachy, I do believe that diet is so key.

I'm not too hard on myself about dieting and exercise. Some stars are a little too bony for me. What happened to the booty?

I don't believe in dieting.

I don't believe in diets.

Home economics - kids in school used to be taught how to shop, how to cook from scratch, how to be in control of their diets. Doesn't happen anymore.

I never said to be like me, I say to be like you and make a difference.

I'd like to see where boys and girls end up if they get equal encouragement - I think we might have some differences in how leadership is done.

Drag is all about self-expression; there's so many different angles you can take on it.

I think I just want to focus on being the best player that I can be and being the best role model that I can be by just doing all the right things, not just for black kids or kids from different backgrounds, but for all kids who play the game. You want them to look at you in a positive light.

Women I've met in different countries have told me that seeing my face in magazines gives them the courage to love themselves.

I'm a woman of color, but I have so many different cultures inside of me.

I feel I'll take on the responsibility of showing the world a whole different kind of Latin woman.

I think it's a different kind of activism. Like, women shouldn't have to step into men's roles to be empowered. They should be able to step into themselves. So that's what I try to bring, that we shouldn't be thinking of it as menswear or womenswear; it should be clothing for people.

I want to play characters that people relate to, characters that make different kinds of women in society feel represented.

Women are super-dynamic. I can be whatever I want to be. I can have interests in so many different kinds of things.

I think it's great to have a lot of shows that are featuring women in different kinds of characters, which wasn't so always.

I feel like I'm a boy, but I don't feel like I should've been born with different parts of my body or anything like that. I feel like it's just all in how I dress and how I talk and how I look and feel, and that makes me happy.

I think that women like to use different parts of their brain and their hands. And I think that cooking allows you to do that.

I used to not like being called a 'woman architect': I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. Guys used to tap me on the head and say, 'You are okay for a girl.' But I see the incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it could be done, so I don't mind that at all.

I don't think anyone should tap you on the shoulder and tell you that it's time to sit down and retire.