[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.
GLORIA STEINEMWhatever you want to do,do it now.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen’s skin.
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Behave like everything you do matters.
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We choose to be writers because we don’t want to talk.
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I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.
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Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
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Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
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In order to make a choice, you need the power to see there is one.
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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 is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.
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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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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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Women can be vivacious. We are allowed more varieties of facial expression and gestures. Men must be rocklike.
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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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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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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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