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11 Quotes By Women To Get You Through The Week

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Oklahoma chapter.

1) “Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” 

 – Judy Garland

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2) ”Mother told me a couple of years ago, ‘Sweetheart, settle down and marry a rich man.’ I said, ‘Mom, I am a rich man.”

– Cher

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3) “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”  

– Ayn Rand

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4) “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.” 

– Simone de Beauvoir

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5) “Well-behaved women seldom make history.”

—Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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6) “There’s nothing a man can do, that I can’t do better and in heels”

― Ginger Rogers

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7) “Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”

-Nora Ephron

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8) “Sometimes you just have to put on lipgloss and pretend to be psyched.”

-Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

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9) “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.”

-Estee Lauder

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10) “A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.”

-Marilyn Monroe

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11) 

“I am a Woman

 

Phenomenally.

 

Phenomenal Woman,

 

that’s me.”

—Maya Angelou, “Phenomenal Woman”

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Emily King

Oklahoma '23

Emily is a Freshman at the University of Oklahoma majoring in Letters Pre-Law. Her interests include books, cats, and anything Harry Potter.
Emily Parker

Oklahoma '19

Hi my name is Emily Parker and I am a senior at the Univeristy of Oklahoma! I am from Tucson, Arizona and I am majoring in Business Marketing and minoring in Art. After graduation I would like to travel abroad and pursue a career in fashion marketing!