Emma Watson

“If not me, who? If not now, when?”

“I don't want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself.”

“Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women with. It's about freedom, it's about liberation, it's about equality.”

“Don't feel stupid if you don't like what everyone else pretends to love.”

“Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong.”

“I have realized that fighting for women's rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating. If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this has to stop.”

“The saddest thing for a girl to do is dumb herself down for a guy.”

“Girls should never be afraid to be smart.”

“It is time that we all see gender as a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing ideals.”

“Young girls are told you have to be the delicate princess. Hermione taught them that you can be the warrior.”

“There's nothing wrong with being afraid. It's not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it.”

“We need to live in a culture that values and respects and looks up to and idolizes women as much as men.”

“All I can do is follow my instincts, because I'll never please everyone.”

“I truly, truly believe that beauty is something that comes from within.”

“I want to be a Renaissance woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I want to just do everything.”

“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.”