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Meryl Streep tops the list of favorite quotes from famous women 50 and older.
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March is Women's History Month, a time to celebrate the many contributions of women to society. To mark the occasion, we've curated a list of favorite quotes from famous women 50 and older. While there are plenty of other women to inspire us, the following 25 are a good place to start.
1. “You can’t get spoiled if you do your own ironing.” — Meryl Streep, 68.
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2. “I don’t have any time to stay up all night worrying about what someone who doesn’t love me has to say about me.” — Viola Davis, 52.
3. “If success is really dependent on someone liking you or not liking you, and you have to teeter on that kind of tightrope of how you’re supposed to act and how you’re supposed to look and who you are, it’s just not a healthy way to live.” — Ellen DeGeneres, 60.
4. “The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.” — Barbara Corcoran, 68.
5. “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” — Dolly Parton, 72.
6. “I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there’s nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it.” — Cicely Tyson, 93.
7. “You can’t give up! If you give up, you’re like everybody else.” — Chris Evert, 63.
8. “When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there’s no way you could be a good winner.” — Halle Berry, 51.
9. “A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.” — Sonia Sotomayor, 63.
10. “The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing — and then they marry him.” — Cher, 71.
11. “Loving someone is giving them the power to break your heart, but trusting them not to.” — Julianne Moore, 57.
12. “I wanted to be scared again … I wanted to feel unsure again. That’s the only way I learn, the only way I feel challenged.” — Connie Chung, 71.
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13. “They say taking a risk is like working a muscle. Once you’ve done it once, it’s not so hard the next time and the next time.” — Hoda Kotb, 53.
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