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" Stacey Bendet - Founder and creative director, Alice + Olivia &amp;quot;Educate yourself. Power is inspiring\u2026in a gorgeous dress and 6-inch stilettos!&amp;#039;  Roberta Kaplan - Attorney who won federal recognition of same-sex marriages in the Supreme Court case U.S. v. Windsor &amp;quot;Power is only valuable if it is used for the purpose of tikkun olam, or repair of the world.&amp;quot;  Karen Nyberg - NASA flight engineer who sent Cosmo her answers from the International Space Station! &amp;quot;Know that you can be the smart person, the one who gets dirty and fixes things. Choosing a technical job like engineering doesn&amp;#039;t mean you&amp;#039;re giving up being feminine.&amp;quot;  Alli Webb - Founder, Drybar, with 29 shops doing 75,000 blowouts a month &amp;quot;Stand your ground. It took me time to feel confident. I wish I&amp;#039;d taken that leap of faith sooner, because confidence is very sexy.&amp;quot;  Jessica Gonz\u00E1lez-Rojas - Executive director, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health &amp;quot;Speak up, and lift the voices of your family and community to address social inequities!&amp;quot;  Michelle Phan - YouTube star, cocreator of the beauty line Em Michelle Phan &amp;quot;Do you want to be the superhero or the villain in life? I channel the Wonder Woman inside.&amp;quot;  Sharmadean Reid - Nail artist and author of The WAHNails Book of Downtown Girls &amp;quot;When my methodology is used from Singapore to Montreal, I feel powerful.&amp;quot;  Rebecca Minkoff - Creative director &amp;amp;amp; cofounder of the fashion line, now with over 900 stores &amp;quot;Acknowledge what you&amp;#039;ve done so you can build on your already amazing achievements!&amp;quot;  Samantha and Dawn Goldworm - Cofounders, 12.29, a company that creates scents for hotels and events Samantha: &amp;quot;Feeling positive is sexy.&amp;quot; Dawn: &amp;quot;Especially paired with chic lingerie, killer heels, and a signature scent.&amp;quot;  Christie Rampone - Captain, U.S. women&amp;#039;s national soccer team &amp;quot;Be real! People notice sincerity. But don&amp;#039;t let your emotions interfere with your goals.&amp;quot;  Heather Cocks &amp;amp;amp; Jessica Morgan - Fashion commentators/evil geniuses behind GoFugYourself.com Jessica: &amp;quot;You also have to be able to say, &amp;#039;Hey, you&amp;#039;re doing me wrong. I don&amp;#039;t like it.&amp;#039;&amp;quot; Heather: &amp;quot;The first step is fearlessness.&amp;quot;  Nadine Burke Harris - MDFounder and CEO, Center for Youth Wellness, urban-health innovator &amp;quot;I work to give children healthy futures. Power is like a little black dress\u2014it&amp;#039;s all about how you wear it.&amp;quot;  Julie Rice &amp;amp;amp; Elizabeth Cutler - Founders and CEOs, SoulCycle Julie: &amp;quot;Feeling comfortable in your own skin is powerful.&amp;quot; Elizabeth: &amp;quot;I believe in the collective\u2014we are stronger together than as one.&amp;quot;  Veronica Roth - Author, The Divergent Trilogy, with a third installment, Allegiant, out October 22 and a movie adaptation next spring &amp;quot;I feel powerful when I feel competent, like when I&amp;#039;m editing myself\u2026also, in high heels, because they usually make me about 6&amp;#039;2&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Being that tall feels pretty badass!&amp;quot;  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand - Launched Off the Sidelines, an initiative to get more women in government &amp;quot;Every woman needs to make her voice heard on the issues she&amp;#039;s passionate about.&amp;quot;  Skylar Diggins - Tulsa Shock point guard and all-time scoring leader for Notre Dame women&amp;#039;s basketball &amp;quot;Try not to be your own worst critic. I&amp;#039;m most powerful when I&amp;#039;m proud of myself. &amp;quot;  Jane McGonigal - Creator of alternative reality games that improve the real world &amp;quot;Know what makes you awesome, and use it to help others. That&amp;#039;s sexy.&amp;quot;  Dominique Crenn - Chef and owner, Atelier Crenn, San Francisco, and the only female Michelin two-starred chef in America &amp;quot;I feel most powerful when I&amp;#039;m feeling &amp;#039;naked&amp;#039; and confident in that vulnerability.&amp;quot;  \u00C1slaug Magn\u00FAsd\u00F3ttir - Developer of online luxury fashion brands &amp;quot;Benevolent power is extremely sexy, both in men and women.&amp;quot;  Jeni Britton Bauer - Founder &amp;amp;amp; chief creative officer, Jeni&amp;#039;s Splendid Ice Creams &amp;quot;Do what no one else does, like artisanal ice cream in 1996. Dive in like a bad habit.&amp;quot;  Images via Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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