Michael Graves Quotes

I'm an athlete, yes, but I'm also a woman. I'm someone who kind of, in a way, lost touch with that part of myself after I lost my legs, because there are certain feminine traits you lose when you have prosthetic legs.

I've been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It's exciting to play a femme fatale.

I love being super-tough, but if I need to put on a dress and do my hair and makeup, I can do that, too.

I'm a woman now.

I like being a woman, not a girl.

I'm very domestic; I love cleaning. I love cooking. I like waiting on people. I just like to make things. I don't break that down to be weakness, or the only things women can do, or putting me back 20 years.

You can still be strong and be feminine.

… not to be a housewife

I am a woman. I think I have the spirit, the intelligence, and - dare I say - the soul of a woman.

Femininity can be a powerful thing.

I look for a man who respects my womanhood and doesn't make me feel like I have to be a stereotype. Like a housewife.

There's a lot of power and responsibility that comes with owning who you are as a woman.

Here's to woman! Would that we could fold into her arms without falling into her hands.

I'm a woman, so I'm going to be woman as much as I can.

I'm not trying to make myself look like a girl because I'm not a girl anymore. I'm very happy about being a grown woman.

There's so much to becoming a woman.

I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that.

I feel that I'm sort of playing me but more feminine, and to me more feminine means smarter.

For me, 'I Am Woman' is all about transition. I turned 21 in December, so I'm not completely grown up yet but I'm not a little girl anymore. Just in that in-between stage. The song is everything I have ever heard a woman say. I loved this song for me and every young lady, girl and woman to be able to feel empowered in being female.

I have fun being sexy and tough at the same time.

In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the reality of black females.

We wanted to be achievers, but being an achiever didn't mean that you stopped being a woman.

I'm every woman. It takes a village to make me who I am.

And there is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean.

It's fun to be a girl, and get dressed up, but that's not how I really am.