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I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.


Patricia Ireland

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ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH My own foundation concentrates on women's economic empowerment on the basis that if women have t...
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CHARLES BUKOWSKI We really want to get rid of the stereotypes between the Notre Dame women and the Saint Mary's women...
JENNIFER GRAY I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl.
KATE MIDDLETON You know what? I'm really attracted to British women, there's something innately proper about them. ...
JOSH HARTNETT Women say they have sexual thoughts too. They have no idea. It's the difference between shooting a b...
LARRY MILLER All beautiful women are murderers. You've probably heard it said before.
MIKE LESTER To join the company of women, to be adults, we go through a period of proudly boasting of having sur...
LOUISE ERDRICH I wonder why it is, that young men are always cautioned against bad girls. Anyone can handle a bad g...
DAVID NIVEN The thing about girls? Suzanne said. Is we are more content-driven.
GEORGE SAUNDERS I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It i...
FLANNERY O'CONNOR Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind....
GAUTAMA BUDDHA CoverGirl's Girls CAN movement is perfectly aligned with my passion for helping young women over...
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN Young women should realize that young men they date will not honor and respect them if they have bee...
JAMES E. FAUST The whole concept of witches was that women were speaking up for themselves and fighting for their r...
MADCHEN AMICK I am shocked and deeply disappointed. It's a shame that politics between nations will affect in a ne...
DOT RICHARDSON Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things
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E.J. PATTEN Anything man can make, man can destroy.
JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT As more and more women, men and young people raise their voices and become active in local governmen...
MICHELLE BACHELET We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL At a young age, it is hard to be different from the crowd. I want to encourage young girls that it i...
BRYONY SHAW And what good is a voice when so few will listen?
STACEY JAY To this day, I have an open door policy. I seek out interns and young women and try to help them. Wo...
GRETCHEN CARLSON That it is dangerous for foolish young women to -- to -- to -- to get involved in things that are no...
MARCIA LEWIS We strive to do all that we can to help emphasize the importance of sports and athletics for women a...
DONNA ORENDER If you're struggling today, remember that life is worth living and believe that the best is yet to c...
GERMANY KENT So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty ...
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows, marriage does.
JACKIE MASON Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other ...
BAUDELAIRE I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home, which answer the same purpose ...
MARIE CORELLI I married beneath me. All women do.
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STEPHEN STILLS Some men are born with cold feet; some acquire cold feet; and some have cold feet thrust upon them.
ANONYMOUS Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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LENNY BRUCE Study to be quiet, and to do your own business. [1 Thessalonians 4:11].
BIBLE If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.
CHEKHOV Epperson's law: When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably something his wife can be...
ANONYMOUS In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved.
JOHNNY CARSON Marriage is like a violin. After the music is over, you still have the strings.
ANONYMOUS Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot.
ANONYMOUS Marriage is like a box of chocolates. You have to squeeze a few bottoms to make sure you like what y...
ANONYMOUS Marriage is bliss. Ignorance is bliss. Ergo...
ANONYMOUS Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first chapter.
ANONYMOUS It's not as great a day for the bride as she thinks. She's not marrying the best man.
ANONYMOUS He believes that marriage and a career don't mix. So after the wedding he plans to quit his job.
ANONYMOUS All marriages are happy. It's living together afterwards that is difficult.
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ANONYMOUS A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes in it.
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ANONYMOUS Compromise: An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they agree to let her have her o...
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ENGLISH PROVERB An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets the more interested he is ...
HONORE DE BALZAC If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.
LENNY BRUCE Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.
LIN Yü-TANG I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.
LADY NANCY ASTOR Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.
S. T. COLERIDGE Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try to give their best qualiti...
JOAN BAEZ Women like silent men. They think they're listening.
MARCEL ARCHARD My wife organized the Jewish Women's Caucus boycott of Moses.. wait.. ! I am receiving a correction ...
JOHN C LEHMAN Mistress: Something between a mister and a mattress.
JIM BACKUS She is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
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MARY FRANCES BERRY Woman was God's second mistake.
ARISTOTLE ONASSIS No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in lo...
ROGERS The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.
IRWIN COREY It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.
BASKINS I feel like Zsa Zsa Gabor's sixth husband. I know what I'm supposed to do, but I don't know how to m...
DAVID BISSONETTE The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
HENRY BROOKS ADAMS On one issue, at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women.
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BARBARA WALTERS A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart.
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JONATHAN S. HAAS Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
PAULINE THOMASON I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.
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PATRICIA RICHARDSON Part of the whole L.A. mentality that nothing really matters unless it's a success... is such a ...
PATRICIA RICHARDSON I always hated perfect TV moms because I always thought that was unrealistic.
PATRICIA RICHARDSON Good actresses can often accomplish miracles, and it is possible to be someone you've never been...
PATRICIA RICHARDSON I know it's a lot harder for women who don't have enough help, but the truth is, no matter h...
PATRICIA RICHARDSON It was extremely hard going from being a parent of one to a parent of three, because now all these i...
PATRICIA RICHARDSON You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.
PATRICIA RICHARDSON I don't understand that, because I think that what people like most about the show is that they ...
PATRICIA RICHARDSON They see me as being this Super Mom on TV who also can more than handle a difficult husband, and the...
PATRICIA RICHARDSON People who meet me think of Jill and transfer her strong qualities to me.
PATRICIA RICHARDSON When you're a woman with a certain amount of fame and money, you are never certain what someone&...
PATRICIA RICHARDSON I have born-again Christians in my family, and they are completely against abortion... Everybody'...
PATRICIA RICHARDSON I kind of feel like people like to dump on 'Home Improvement,' and I don't know why.
PATRICIA RICHARDSON I still get the kids to the doctor and dentist and plan their play dates and buy their clothes.
PATRICIA RICHARDSON I've had so many horrible things happen in my life since I did 'Home Improvement' that i...
PATRICIA RICHARDSON Losing their reproductive rights is the first step to how women live in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan...
PATRICIA RICHARDSON I live in such a sweet world in the world of 'Home Improvement' that I tend to be drawn to s...
PATRICIA RICHARDSON I curse too much. I really do. I have a horrible cursing mouth.
PATRICIA RICHARDSON I'd like us to deliver a little message to all the men still out there who think it's the &#...
PATRICIA RICHARDSON Tim on the show does a lot of that posturing, of course, and feels sort of threatened by women. But ...
PATRICIA RICHARDSON