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

-- Yancy Butler

#Strong Women Quotes #Strong Quotes

“As you get older, you tend to be a little less patient with people - people who are not prepared, people who have unrealistic expectations, people who make unrealistic demands, people who think they're more special than other people.”
“We must do more to protect our neighborhoods and give integrity to our community plans.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I would love to do comedy. I think I'm funny and that comedy is my strong suit, at least in real life. I have yet to prove myself in the movies, but I'd love to get the opportunity to do that.”

Source : "Evan Peters Talks AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM, Establishing His Character this Season and Working with Jessica Lange and James Cromwell". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 28, 2012.
“A love revolution is forming far out to sea like a series of waves that build on one another until the whole earth is consumed. The first set of waves releases a quickening anointing. The second set of waves, a love revolution. The third set of waves will sweep across the world and release a worldwide revival. I believe that we can position ourselves to catch this incoming set of waves that will release to you a "quickening spirit" or "quickening anointing." It is being released - now. Catch the wave!”
“If bribery is good enough for Congress, it's good enough for me.”
“When you're a trans woman, you are made to walk this very fine line, where if you act feminine you are accused of being a parody, but if you act masculine, it is seen as a sign of your true male identity. And if you act sweet and demure, you're accused of reinforcing patriarchal ideals of female passivity, but if you stand up for your own rights and make your voice heard, then you are dismissed as wielding male privilege and entitlement.”

Source : Julia Serano (2013). “Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive”, p.20, Seal Press
“If I had to choose one which best characterized the condition of being a political leader in Athens, the word would be "tension".”

Source : "Democracy Ancient And Modern". Book by Moses Finley (Second Edition). Chapter 2, Athenian Demagogues, p. 60, 1985.
“Christ desires his mysteries to be published abroad as widely as possible. I would that [the Gospels and the epistles of Paul] were translated into all languages, of all Christian people, and that they might be read and known.”

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