Denzel Washington Quotes

I am a bad feminist and a good woman. I am trying to become better in how I think and say and do - without abandoning what makes me human.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

Women have demanded and gotten better jobs and more power. But the one thing we deserve is a better relationship with ourselves.

I don't know if I'm a feminist, but I just know that I am all for outspoken, powerful women.

I would like to say that I'm a walking poster board for feminism and women's liberation, but there are things that I do in my life that deeply, deeply fall short of being a statement for being a strong woman. I am flawed as much as anyone else.

I'm pretty self-aware, and I am an embarrassingly flawed human being in a ton of ways.

I have things about me that I dislike; I'm not a perfect human being.

If it wasn't for the women's movement, I wouldn't be where I am today.

Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.

I admire women who can be feminists and fight for women's rights, who believe in our powers as individuals and yet not apologize for beauty.

All women are feminists. Being a feminist is allowing woman to be natural, for what she is, whatever it is. All of us can be natural and we're all feminists in that sense.

I'm a good person, but with many defects.

Oh, I would love to be a motivational speaker. I have pulled myself out of a million potholes, and I can see the potholes ahead of me. That doesn't mean that I could always do that so perfectly for my own life. I totally fall in potholes.

I don't always like my own behavior. I haven't known anyone who is perfect all the time.

I don't know what kind of courage it took thousands of years ago, but I know how courageous women need to be today.

I'm really inspired by playing strong women. Anything that I can be a part of like that, to be a role model for young women.

I wanted to be an empowered woman, and I became an empowered woman. And now I want to empower every woman. And I do it through my clothes, I do it through my words, I do it through my money, I do it through everything.

As I started to think about how I can claim feminism while also acknowledging my humanity and my imperfections, 'bad feminism' simply seemed like the best answer.

Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found.

No one is perfect and everyone wishes they could change something about themselves.

There must have been something in my nature - I believe, with all my heart, that I have conquered it now - which prevented me from being perfectly happy or making a woman perfectly happy.

The fact that I ended up married to a decent man is still a source of amazement to me, thanks to 'The Women's Room.'

For me, growing up, I felt like there was something fatally and tragically flawed in my nature and that it was my duty to try to avoid falling for that vice.

I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.

I have my flaws and my issues, past and present and who knows what will happen in the future. I want people to know I'm vulnerable too and each one of us is.