Khandi Alexander Quotes

As a representative of women let my message be: Yes you can.

It's important to have strong images of women out there, women who aren't afraid of expressing themselves, women who aren't afraid of taking chances, women who aren't afraid of their own power.

I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.

You don't have a lot of women doing things for women, so when I'm rapping I gotta talk all this mess so the women can feel as confident and empowered as the men.

Lauryn Hill inspired me so much. She had that whole women's empowerment vibe in all of her songs back when that didn't even exist.

I've always been about the power of a woman - accentuating the positive, deleting the negative, whether you're talking her body, her voice or her leadership.

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.

The best part? Probably being able to portray such a respectable, ethical, intelligent, strong woman. That's still pretty rare in our business, unfortunately.

As women, we must speak out, speak up, say no to our inheritance of loss and yes to a future of women-led dialogue about women's rights and value.

Women have a choice where we have a president who has our back or one who turns his back.

As an entertainer, I try to do projects that reflect a woman having the ability to stand up for herself.

We are the most powerful creatures on the planet, women.

I've always been drawn to strong women in every genre, people who push the boundaries because they're just epic.

It's wonderful that we're portraying women in this way so that young women can see that women actually are strong and capable of accomplishing all kinds of things.

Women are standing up and leaning forward and asserting their power.

I think that the potential of Total Divas and female athletes is that the sky is the limit. People want to know about these women, and in the WWE, we call it the Divas Revolution - it's a movement for women's empowerment.

When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.

I want to show girl power.

I've written a lot of songs from watching women speak about women empowerment.

Women have always run the world; maybe it's time to give them a chance at ruling it.

I love empowering women. I think it's crazy: if you ever try to belittle women, you're playing yourself - I ride with whoever rides with me.

Women shouldn't aspire to a box or a title. They should look toward being leaders.

In 'The White Princess,' the women are leading the story, and they're holding everything together. It's definitely a world of women's empowerment.

I was raised by an empowered woman. I married an empowered woman.

I'm far more drawn to performances by strong women than I am to men.