Kathleen Turner Quotes

The strongest reason for giving woman all the opportunities for higher education, for the full development of her faculties, her forces of mind and body... is the solitude and personal responsibility of her own individual life.

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.

Being your own woman, not cookie cutter - that is the greatest luxury!

I just think, as women, we have to give ourselves room to be individuals. So when a woman makes a decision for herself, we as women shouldn't set those hardcore boundaries for another woman. Just like we don't want men setting hardcore boundaries for us.

I pattern my actions and life after what I want. No two people are alike. You might admire attributes in others, but use these only as a guide in improving yourself in your own unique way. I don't go for carbon copies. Individualism is sacred!

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.

Work out of your work. Don't work out of anybody else's work.

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

Women are responsible for creating their own roles.

I am a feminist, and I define myself: Be yourself, because if you can get away with it, that is the ultimate feminist act.

There is not a woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence.

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

My whole drive to be an actor was finding roles that I really believed represent modern women, the struggles that we deal with. Women who are strong and capable and in control of their own lives.

The idea of perfect womanhood is perfect independence.

The beauty of being a feminist is that you get to be whatever you want. And that's the point.

Be your own person and don't listen to anyone who says differently. We are all unique!

I think if we get freedom for women, then they are probably going to do a lot of things that I wish they wouldn't do. But it seems to me that isn't our business to say what they should do with it. It is our business to see that they get it.

Individualism is a formidable lie.

I think everyone should be their own individualized person.

For me, growth and empowerment are about giving a woman a choice.

In my opinion, empowerment is when women have the chance to do what they want to do and the courage to do what they want.

I grew up hearing that if it hadn't been for Ataturk, my grandmother would have been 'a covered person' who would have been reliant on a man for her livelihood. Instead, she went to boarding school, wrote a thesis on Balzac, and became a teacher.

I think it's empowering for women to be in a relationship or single and have their own independence.

My life is not as dramatic as it is depicted in the shows. I am not at all submissive. I am free-spirited.

Girls throughout the world should be able to make decisions about their own lives. If they have the opportunity to attend school, they will become independent and strong.