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Creativity Quote by Geri Halliwell

"I won't mention the word tired. This is the 20th century and I can go around a little faster"

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Refusing to say "tired" is less a wellness mantra than a pop-star power move: language as self-styling. Halliwell frames fatigue not as a bodily limit but as a forbidden label, the kind that sticks to women in public life and quietly demotes them from glamorous to merely human. By banning the word, she tries to ban the story that comes with it.

The punchline is the era-flex: "This is the 20th century". It lands with a wink because it treats modernity like an energy drink. The subtext is pure late-90s/early-2000s pop culture: speed equals relevance, and relevance is a job requirement. Girl power, in its commercial form, often meant projecting inexhaustibility - not just confidence, but constant output. Touring, press, choreography, interviews, reinvention. You don't get to be "off"; you get to be "on", just at different camera angles.

"I can go around a little faster" is deliberately childish phrasing, almost playground talk, which makes the bravado feel both endearing and slightly unhinged. That's the trick: it performs cheerfulness while hinting at the machinery underneath. There's humor, yes, but also a small panic. Modern life, she implies, demands acceleration, and the only acceptable response is to sprint and smile. The quote works because it captures pop's central contradiction: empowerment framed as freedom, experienced as a tempo.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Halliwell, Geri. (2026, January 15). I won't mention the word tired. This is the 20th century and I can go around a little faster. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-wont-mention-the-word-tired-this-is-the-20th-148456/

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Halliwell, Geri. "I won't mention the word tired. This is the 20th century and I can go around a little faster." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-wont-mention-the-word-tired-this-is-the-20th-148456/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I won't mention the word tired. This is the 20th century and I can go around a little faster." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-wont-mention-the-word-tired-this-is-the-20th-148456/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.

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Geri Halliwell (born August 6, 1972) is a Musician from United Kingdom.

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