“If not me, who? If not now, when?”
— Emma Watson
“Don't feel stupid if you don't like what everyone else pretends to love.”
“I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what that is.”
“Believe in yourself and go for it.”
“The less you reveal the more people can wonder.”
“Girls should never be afraid to be smart.”
“Don’t let anyone tell you what you can or cannot do, or cannot achieve. Do. Not. Allow. It.”
“I don’t want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself.”
“I like books that aren't just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that has memories can take you back to another place or another time.”
“All I can do is follow my instincts, because I’ll never please everyone.”
“The saddest thing for a girl to do is to dumb herself down for a guy.”
“Young girls are told you have to be the delicate princess. Hermione taught them that you can be the warrior.”
“If I was going to be a princess, I would be a warrior princess.”
“If you believe in equality, you’re a feminist. Sorry to tell you.”
“There’s nothing wrong with being afraid. It’s not the absence of fear, it’s overcoming it. Sometimes you’ve got to blast through and have faith.”
“We really damage our own confidence when we put ourselves down, so I try not to.”
“Feminism is equality: politically; culturally; socially; economically. That’s it, that simple.”
“I truly, truly believe that beauty is something that comes from within.”
“Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it’s a process. It’s often not cool to be the person who puts themselves out there.”
“It’s important to read because it’s really good for your vocabulary. It’s really good for your imagination. I enjoy reading because I find it relaxing.”
“I don’t want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about.”
“Gender equality, historically has been predominantly a women’s movement for women. But I think the impact of gender inequality and how it’s affecting men hasn’t really been addressed.”
“It sounds so geeky, but I really do like studying and reading, and if I’m not working on ‘Harry Potter,’ then my greatest relaxation is to sit with a book.”
“I’ve found that if ultimately, if you truly pour your heart into what you believe in, even if it makes you vulnerable, amazing things can and will happen.”
“Men think it’s a women’s word. But what it means is that you believe in equality, and if you stand for equality, then you’re a feminist. Sorry to tell you. You’re a feminist. You’re a feminist. That’s it.”
“I really believe that you have to earn things. I don’t feel comfortable unless I have worked really hard.”
“For the record, feminism by definition is: ‘The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.’”
“I’m not going to school just for the academics – I wanted to share ideas, to be around people who are passionate about learning.”
“There’s nothing interesting about looking perfect.”
“Don’t think I’m going off to find myself though. I already know who I am.”
“It sounds like a cliche but I also learnt that you’re not going to fall for the right person until you really love yourself and feel good about how you are.”
“Harry Potter’s like Santa Clause: something you can’t see but wish was real so badly that you end up believing in it.”
“Even worse than seeing women’s privacy violated on social media is reading the accompanying comments that show such a lack of empathy.”
“Being passionate is not what makes you a girl, it’s what makes you a human.”
“If men don’t have to be aggressive in order to be accepted, women won’t feel compelled to be submissive. If men don’t have to control, women won’t have to be controlled.”
“I really love animals and enjoy working with them.”
“It makes me sad to hear girls constantly putting themselves down. We have these unbelievably high expectations of ourselves, when actually we’re human beings and our bodies have a function.”
“But it’s a journey and the sad thing is you only learn from experience, so as much as someone can tell you things, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn.”
“The human race is like a bird and it needs both wings to be able to fly. And, at the moment, one of is wings is clipped an we’re never going to be able to fly as high.”
“Ive never understood having crushes on people who you dont know in real life. I only crush on people I meet. I mean, I can appreciate that someone is good-looking, obviously, but I dont intend to fantasize about people I dont know!”
“I really never break the rules. I’m not scared to say what I think or if I really disagree with something then I’ll say it, but I’m not kind of like a born rebel.”
“We are tapping into what the world wants: to be a part of change.”
“Our society in general devalues the ‘she’ – qualities that are associated with the feminine that are found in all of us. As a result there’s this imbalance and this distortion and it’s hindering our progress.”
“Hermione uses all these big long tongue twister words. I don’t know what she’s going on about half the time!”
“No country in the world can yet say they have achieved gender equality.”
“I don’t have perfect teeth, I’m not stick thin. I want to be the person who feels great in her body and can say that she loves it and doesn’t want to change anything.”
“We had fun just messing around and being awkward like they would be awkward. There’s always that stage in a friendship when you wonder whether it could be more.”
“My friends are all really nice about my fame, they’re just curious really, they ask lots of questions.”
“Men don’t have the benefits of equality either.”
“Women have a natural tendency to want to nurture and take care of men. You always think that the guy is going to end up coming around and that you’re going to be the one that saves him – like the Oasis song.”
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