Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints.

We as women are trained to see ourselves as cheap imitations of fashion photographs, rather than seeing fashion photographs as cheap imitations of women

A Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem.

A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience.

The woman wins who calls herself beautiful, and challenges the world to change to fit her vision.

What editors are obliged to appear to say that

Culture stereotypes women to fit the myth by flattening the feminine into beauty-without-intelligence or intelligence-without-beauty; women are allowed a mind or a body but not both.

Women who love themselves are threatening; but men who love real women, more so.

Spokespeople sell women the Iron Maiden and name her "Health": if public discourse were really concerned with women's health, it would turn angrily upon this aspect of the beauty myth.

Only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth, and that is not speaking.

Cosmetic surgery processes the bodies of woman-made women, who make up the vast majority of its patient pool, into man-made women.

Wisdom is intelligence set on fire.

I think patriotism is all about wanting to see America better, wanting to see those are oppressed do better and get treated better.

Excuse my absolute freedom. I refuse to make a distinction between any of the moments of myself.

The simplest science book is over my head.

When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts, our allies, and the American people.

Don't try to be all things to all people. Concentrate on selling something unique that you know there is a need for, offer competitive pricing and good customer service.

There is nothing in the cosmos, either in the material plane or the spiritual plane which cannot be directly cognized.

I need the sea because it teaches me

It is a mistake to assume that if everybody does his job, it will be all right. The whole system may be in trouble.

Speaking of tax fairness, it was Senator Kerry who voted to increase the income tax on senior citizens on Social Security, earning as little as $32,000 a year.