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1. Which of these ladies was quoted, in a biography, as saying about her profession, "Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening"?
2. Which of these ladies said in a "60 Minutes" interview, about her and her husband, "You know, I'm not sitting here like some little woman standing by my man, like Tammy Wynette. I'm sitting here because I love him, and I respect him, and I honor what he's been through and what we've been through together. And you know, if that's not enough for people, then heck, don't vote for him."?
3. In 2007, a famous blonde talked to Barbara Walters about turning her life around. She said, "I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me. I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that. I have been thinking that I want to do different things when I am out of here." Which of these ladies said this?
4. This original "Cosmo" girl who died in 2012 at the age of 90 was known for several catchy sayings, but the one that largely sums up her ideology was, "Don't use men to get what you want in life; get it for yourself". Who said it?
5. The following quote was actually spoken aloud by Julia Roberts, but was written for her to say on behalf on another lovely lady who was being honoured with a lifetime achievement award in her field. Whose acceptance speech included "I am proud to have been in a business that gives pleasure, creates beauty, and awakens our conscience, arouses compassion, and perhaps most importantly, gives millions a respite from our so violent world"?
6. Which politician, the first woman to hold her post in the United States government, said in her memoirs, "I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life."?
7. Which of these women said, about herself, in a 1988 interview, "The name was a fluke. A joke... We'd sit backstage and talk about names we'd never give our children, like Pork Pie or Independence. Of course, now people are walking around with those names."?
8. Which American activist stated in her 1922 book, "A free race cannot be born of slave mothers. A woman enchained cannot choose but give a measure of that bondage to her sons and daughters. No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother."?
9. Who said, of her small yet huge act in 1955, "People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."?
10. Who said, before being executed in 1943 at the age of 21, "I am, now as before, of the opinion that I did the best that I could do for my nation. I therefore do not regret my conduct and will bear the consequences that result from my conduct."?
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