Laura Marling Quotes

There was never a perception that I was second-class relative to boys. That gave me confidence.

I am here to say that there is no drawback to being a woman in business. But if you think it's a drawback, then it probably does work against you. It's like playing poker. People will look for your weak spot, and your weak spot is only what you allow it to be.

Why do girls always feel like they have to apologize for giving an opinion or taking up space in the world? Have you ever noticed that?" Nicole asked. "You go on websites and some girl leaves a post and if it's longer than three sentences or she's expressing her thoughts about some topic, she usually ends with, 'Sorry for the rant' or 'That may be dumb, but that's what I think.

We must keep both our femininity and our strength.

I'm such a girly-girl! I don't know why people don't see that.

I am emboldened by my looks to say things Republican men wouldn't.

Whatever culture, whatever country, girls are taught to please others as opposed to pleasing themselves.

Women would all be better off if we realized we didn't have to choose between being an intelligent being and a sexual being.

I think being a young woman is a strength.

When women apply for a job, we ask ourselves, 'Am I qualified? Do I have the experience? Do I have the education? Do I have the abilities?' When a man looks at that job, he thinks, 'How much does it pay?' We need to stop second-guessing our abilities. We need to stand up and make ourselves heard.

In general, the threshold for a woman becoming worried at how she's coming off in terms of asserting her power, that threshold is continually lower than it is for men.

I am actually a perfectly capable modern man who can cook, clean, wash, and find my way to places, but nobody believes it.

Feeling attractive didn't come until I was 29... What is it about a woman being in her late 30s that brings out the "Oh, my gosh, are you worried?" questions? Worried? What about? Thirty-eight, 39, 40, 50! Great! Still alive!

Thinking about the women that you know: your friends, sisters, mothers, we know that we are kind of stereotyped. You like sports, you're a tomboy. There are all of these labels ,which is natural for us as a society to do, but it's just really about reminding women of the power that we have inside of us and that you can do anything you put your mind to. You don't want to get stuck. You don't want to get stuck in your own mind.

Women do feel like they're in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men-they want to wrap women up in a neat little package.

I enjoy being a girl.

I don't think of being a woman in an industry of men. I didn't walk into the kitchen and go, 'Ooh, I'm a girl!' I didn't get into my chosen profession. I wanted to be good at something.

And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.

Why am I not feminist? Maybe because I come from a country where my mother ruled my life. I never felt in any way that I couldn't achieve what I want.

I took a gamble to exercise leadership without losing my feminine nature.

A man is free to go up as high as he can reach up to; but I, with all my style and pep, can't get a man my equal because a girl is always judged by her mother.

It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren't in the room.

I don't think women in India are vulnerable.

A high-powered, successful woman doesn't necessarily have the same support behind her that a man in that position would. Plus, she's expected to be a domestic goddess, as well as the best wife, mother, friend, and lover. But it's not just in politics: you see it in acting, too, and in journalism.

I hate girls who complain, 'Oh, guys are looking at me!' But I love it when guys check me out. It just feels great.