The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us
GLORIA STEINEMMarriage works best for men than women. The two happiest groups are married men and unmarried women.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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Inner space is the real frontier.
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A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
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At my graduation, I thought we had to marry what we wished to become. Now you are becoming the men you once would have wished to marry.
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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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when pain has been intertwined with love and closeness, it’s very difficult to believe that love and closeness can be experienced without pain.
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A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
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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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The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn’t exist in every culture.
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I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion.
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What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
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learning must travel the distance from head to heart.
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So whatever you want to do, just do it… Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.
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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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Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.
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Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
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Helping begins with listening.
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Life after 50 or 60 is itself another country, as different as adolescence is from childhood, or as adulthood is from adolescence – and just as adventurous.
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I want to say to you that there is life and dreams and surprises after 30-and 40, and 50, and 60, and 77! Believe me, life is one long surprise.
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If what’s inside your dreams wasn’t already real inside you, you couldn’t even dream it.
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Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night
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Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren’t, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.
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There are two types of people in the world, those who say ‘there are two types of people in the world’ and those who don’t.
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Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same.
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