Women have to harness their power – it’s absolutely true. It’s just learning not to take the first ‘no.’ And if you can’t go straight ahead, you go around the corner.
CHERThe only grounds for divorce in California are marriage.
More Cher Quotes
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Yes, it’s a man’s world, but that’s all right because they’re making a total mess of it. We’re chipping away at their control, taking the parts we want. Some women think it’s a difficult task, but it’s not.
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I’m the female equivalent of a counterfeit $20 bill. Half of what you see is a pretty good reproduction, the rest is a fraud.
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There are lots of things that I’d like to be, and nice just doesn’t seem good enough.
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If you’re black in this country, if you’re a woman in this country, if you are any minority in this country at all, what could possibly possess you to vote Republican?
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It doesn’t always turn out. It’s not always a happy ending when sometimes you say things that you think, and it goes against the grain of the larger group.
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My mother once said “If you don’t pay attention to age, then it won’t pay attention to you.” And she says it, and it sounds nice, but I don’t buy it.
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My mother was the most creative, fantastic person and would come up with great things for us to do. She’d buy art supplies and all of us would sit around painting. I was lucky.
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The truth is that in my job, becoming old and becoming extinct are one and the same thing.
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You can’t just sit around and watch life pass you by. You have to keep dreaming. Sonny taught me that, and I intend to do him proud.
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I’ve had so many rebirths, I should come with my own midwife by now.
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If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen.
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I’m scared to death of being poor. It’s like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It’s my pet paranoia.
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Honesty makes me feel powerful in a difficult world.
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It’s a dirty job being ridiculous, but I’ll do it.
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I was a shy ugly kid who led a big fantasy life. I thought I was an angel sent from heaven, to cure polio. When Dr. Salk did that I was really pissed off.
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I am a part of history whether people want to take it seriously or not.
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I never cared about money. I’m not destined to be a rich woman. I’m destined to be a woman who makes a lot of money and never has any. I’ve made millions and millions and millions of dollars and I just spend it.
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Some years I’m the coolest thing that ever happened, and then the next year everyone’s so over me, and I’m just so past my sell date.
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I have a belief: What belongs to you, comes to you.
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Unless you’re willing to look a little foolish, forget the possibility of becoming great.
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Life is about enjoying yourself and having a good time.
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Don’t buy into the idea that women aren’t strong enough to do anything they want on their own.
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Sometimes I feel like an old hooker.
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Words are like weapons; they wound sometimes.
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Women are the architects of society.
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It’s my body and if I want to do it like Michael Jackson, I will. My nose bothered me for a long time. Now it’s smaller and I’m happy. If I wanna put my tits on my back, they’re mine!
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