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Women Quotes by Angela Carter
- It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she has to do is to…
- In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman is disposed of.
- Women's sexy underwear is a minor but significant growth industry of late-twentieth-century Britain in the twilight of capitalism.
- Pornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not encompass the possibility of change, as if we were the…
- In a world where women are commodities, a woman who refuses to sell herself will have the thing she refuses to sell taken away from…
- For most of human history, 'literature,' both fiction and poetry, has been narrated, not written — heard, not read. So fairy tales, folk tales, stories…
- Some cities are women and must be loved; others are men and can only be admired or bargained with
More Women Quotes
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford. — Hannah Arendt
- I also have this incredible love for women. — Kevyn Aucoin
- When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort. — Kevyn Aucoin
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the… — Mary Kay Ash
- The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
- You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike. — Dave Attell
- When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched… — Chinua Achebe
- All fat women look the same; they all look 42. — Margaret Atwood
- We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly. — Margaret Atwood
- You could tell 'The Handmaid's Tale' from a male point of view. People have mistakenly felt that the women are oppressed, but… — Margaret Atwood