I don’t like writing. I like having written.
GLORIA STEINEMI believe a unique core self is born into every human being; the result of millennia of environment and heredity combined in an unpredictable way that could never happen before or again.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
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In every century, there are a handful of writers who help the human race to evolve. Andrea is one of them.
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[on sexual politics] The Golden Rule works for men as written, but for women it should go the other way around. We need to do unto ourselves as we do unto others.
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A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
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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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There are many ways of supporting gender equality, from something as simple as paid sick leave and flexible work hours to attributing an economic value to all care-giving, and making that amount tax deductible.
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The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.
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Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing.
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Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It’s about making life more fair for women everywhere. It’s not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It’s about baking a new pie.
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If you really want to be lonely, get married.
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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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There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.
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It’s not that women are less corruptible than men are, it’s that women have had less chance to become corrupt.
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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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We choose to be writers because we don’t want to talk.
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