Nicole Maines Quotes

I think when I was quite younger, I was always quite a tomboy.

Women and men grow up with both sexes. Our mothers and fathers mean a lot to us, so it's just a question of finding a balance between their influences. I've found mine. And it tends to be more on the male side. I mean male side the way we understand it in the West.

I wanted to be a boy when I was young because boys got to do all the good stuff. So I became very aggressive and very competitive at a young age.

Once upon a time, growing up male gave little boys a sense of certainty about the natural order of things. We had short hair, wore pants, and played baseball. Girls had long hair, wore skirts, and, no matter how hard they tried, always threw a baseball just like a girl.

I was a tomboy growing up, and an athlete.

Growing up, I was sort of a tomboy. I was the one skating with the boys.

I'm a tomboy now. I always wanted to fit in with my brother's group, so I climbed trees and played with lead soldiers. But I'm a woman's woman. I never understood women who don't have woman friends.

I was such a tomboy when I was young. I hated girls' clothes.

I grew up with three older brothers, so I'm very much a tomboy in real life.

I'm not a guy's guy. I always loved girl things. I loved dolls. I loved dressing up and much more.

I have never felt oppressed by women or that feminism is a problem. I do think boys find it hard to like things seen as feminine. I want my son not to feel self-conscious he likes ballet and my daughter to carry on playing Han Solo; that's all.

I have an older brother and older sister. My older sister is the girliest girl on the planet, so I just hated everything about that. I did anything my brother did. He actually got me into wrestling. I watched it because he did, and I played video games because he did.

I've always had gender confusion. I had two older brothers, and I've been predominantly male influenced. I really always looked up to my dad, really always looked up to my brothers... I had a lot of male friends growing up. It didn't help that in my town, where I lived, there were no female musicians.

I was a tomboy growing up, so I think I naturally take on a little male swagger.

I grew up like a boy, also because most of the children who came to our house were boys.

I'm very comfortable with being a female now but when I was a little kid I only wanted to be a boy. I didn't want to be a girl. I didn't feel like a man inside... being a boy was just cooler.

I had always been a tomboy - I still am, at heart.

I am not metrosexual. I am not macho. I am normal. I don't even wear nail paint.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

Men are not supposed to be mysterious. That's what you say about women. But I think men can have a little of it, too.

I considered myself one of the boys. My brothers didn't spoil me at all, not at all. I was very tomboyish. It wasn't as if I was like a princess or anything like that.

I was always just so feminine. I don't think anyone who ever met me would describe me as a man.

I am such a tomboy. I grew up fighting with boys, mainly - beating up boys, actually.

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

I'm feminine, but I wouldn't say that I'm girly in any way at all.