Susanna Clarke Quotes

Physical strength in a woman - that's what I am.

The last thing left in nature is the beauty of women.

I think that women who know who they are are beautiful.

Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy.

I really want women to throw their shoulders back and stand up straight and use their big girl voices and not feel like they're compromising their femininity to be strong and smart.

Life on the planet is born of woman.

To be feminist doesn't mean you can't be submissive.

It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.

I've kind of stepped into my femininity.

We must keep both our femininity and our strength.

I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.

A Bond girl must be a strong and independent woman, but at the same time charming and sensual. Those opposite qualities combined together make her interesting. She must be strong but at the same time feminine.

You can still be strong and be feminine.

I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It's like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I'd like to play strong women who are also very feminine.

I don't believe that you have to dress in a masculine way to seem powerful. I think that the way a woman dresses doesn't have to be so aggressive. Being feminine is a powerful feature in itself. Power is in a person's demeanor.

You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman.

Strength on its own in a woman is quite abrasive and not terribly attractive all the time.

Feeling strong is important, and to feel in your body is a vital part of being a woman, regardless of whether you're a mother or not.

I'm real strong, and I'm also real feminine, and I don't find a struggle having those two things under one roof.

I'm very sensitive about the fact that there's not a lot of good work for women in cinema that also deals with strong characters. But 'strong character' doesn't mean 'masculine character' - but something that finds the strength in femininity and the beauty in femininity. And something that says you can find femininity in men in some way.

I have always admired women that have a strong sense of self, complemented by femininity. I especially appreciate the presence of these women in traditionally male-dominated industries, such as real estate.

What's so lovely about Wonder Woman is yes, she has the strength and power of a goddess, but she has the heart and mind of a human. So I play her as I think a woman like me would act in the situations she's going through. You treat her as a normal woman who happens to be fantastic and almighty.

Sometimes when we think about femininity, we think also fragile. But I think you can be feminine and very strong. I think make-up goes with that femininity. I think it's a natural gesture for women and one they do more for themselves than for others.

A lot of women in sport tend to take on a very masculine, aggressive look. They want to be perceived as being strong and powerful. I never lost that sense of wanting to retain my femininity.

Every time a confident, successful woman like Marissa Meyer distances herself from feminism, I think of Athena. Athena women, with all their brilliance and strategy, are the ones smashing up through layers of glass. They tend to identify with men, keeping femininity at a distance.