[Life magazine: How did you rebel growing up?]
Annette Bening: I recommend rebellion – it’s healthy. But I didn’t really. I protected my parents a lot. One of the great things about being in my forties – so many women I know have said this – is you really do come into your own.
I spent a [...]

Charlie Rose: How do women and men differ in a consideration of fearlessness?
Arianna Huffington: Fear is universal; we all have fear. There are two areas where women have more fear: one is our looks and our bodies, and we invest an enormous amount of time there. And I think there is an obsession now, [...]

I always wanted to be a grown-up.
According to the website, her DVF brand includes fashion, jewelry, cosmetics and fragrance sold in over 50 countries.
Diane Von Furstenberg admits she “never liked being a child. I always wanted to be a grown-up. I had in mind this sophisticated woman in her early thirties who could somehow handle [...]

Just 3 ordinary people
Jody Williams is the founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997.
In her article When Ordinary People Achieve Extraordinary Things, Williams says, “For me, the difference between an ‘ordinary’ and an ‘extraordinary’ person is not the title that person might have, but [...]

photo: Actress Nicole Kidman launches Cancer Research UK’s breast cancer awareness campaign at Madame Tussauds in London on Sept. 29, 2006 (AP/Ian West, pa)
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Nicole Kidman is also a new U.N. goodwill ambassador for women:
“After a call from her mother about a BBC program on UNIFEM, Kidman contacted the executive director, Noeleen Heyzer, PhD, [...]