Show me something that is not transformed by the other half of the human race.
GLORIA STEINEMWhenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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What I think we need to do is infuse everyday and every action with the kind of values we hope will be in the future, with kindness, with nurturing, with dreams, ambition, using your talents, not resorting to violence, other forms of conflict resolution, with humor, with poetry, with music.
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The voting booth is the only place that a pauper equals a billionaire, and any woman equals any man.
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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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No one can give us power. If we aren’t part of the process of taking it, we won’t be strong enough to use it.
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Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.
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I have me brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and with a courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words.
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learning must travel the distance from head to heart.
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So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?
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I believe that transgender people, including those who have transitioned, are living out real, authentic lives. Those lives should be celebrated, not questioned. Their health care decisions should be theirs and theirs alone to make.
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Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
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Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
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But somewhere within each of us, buried at varying depths depending on the age and degree of neglect or abuse, shame or coercion we endured, there is a resistant, daydreaming, rebellious, creative, unique child — a true self who is waiting.
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Each others’ lives are our best textbooks.
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The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.
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Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.
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