Chris Abani Quotes

I can deal with everything. I got the answer for anything.

Let's be clear, I'm a strong woman.

Rey is so strong. She's cool and smart and she can look after herself. Young girls can look at her and know that they can wear trousers if they want to. That they don't have to show off their bodies.

I'm a strong woman.

My father always said, 'You can do anything a man can do.'

To a smart girl men are no problem - they're the answer.

I'm determined to raise a strong girl.

I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl.

I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing.

We can and we will solve our problems for ourselves. We know how. We can, and we will.

No matter how much women prefer to lean, to be protected and supported, nor how much men desire to have them do so, they must make the voyage of life alone, and for safety in an emergency they must know something of the laws of navigation.

My mom is such a strong, independent, strong-willed woman, and she always taught me to accept my worth for how I viewed myself and female empowerment, and it's okay to be independent and also need someone at the same time. I kinda get to be both.

I was never going to be one of those women who put their career on hold, who put their hand out to their husband to ask permission. I used to think that was the worst.

Women are no longer just born to be married. We are here to compete with everyone and make a place for ourselves under the sun on our own.

I come from a strong woman who believed - and my father believed - that anything a man could do, a woman could do better.

I take pleasure in discovering resourcefulness inside me.

I don't have to have a man in my life, and I think men are attracted to that.

I love strong women.

I have never let gender get in my way.

Ps. I am pretty certain Beyonce doesn't need you fighting any battles on her account. Seems like she's got everything covered perfectly well on her own.

Clint Eastwood expects you to know what you're doing. He's going to take two giant steps back and let you do it. I have such appreciation for that part of him.

My gran had always told me that a woman--any woman worth her salt--could do whatever she had to.

Girls can do anything. We do do anything and we expect to be treated as equals.

Women and girls can do whatever they want. There is no limit to what we as women can accomplish.

Never go back, never apologize, and never forget we're half the human race.