10 powerful quotes from female icons
Today is Equal Pay Day!
Last updated 24th Jan 2017
Today is Equal Pay Day, and here are some powerful and important quotes from our favourite female icons!
1. Beyoncé
"It's not about equal rights, it's about how we think. We have to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves"
2. Diana Ross
"You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself."
3. Tilda Swinton
"I would rather be handsome for an hour than pretty for a week"
4. Madonna
"I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a b*tch, okay."
5. Stevie Nicks
"I said, 'Instead of going in the direction that a lot of women singers are going in revealing, I'll be very, very sexy under 18 pounds of chiffon and lace and velvet... I will have mystique."
6. Janis Joplin
"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. There is no yesterday, no tomorrow, it's all the same day."
7. J.K. Rowling
"It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends."
8. Aretha Franklin
"Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that."
9. Norah Jones
"I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it."
10. Barbra Streisand
"You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it."
Well said, ladies!
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