Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night
GLORIA STEINEMWe’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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Women can be vivacious. We are allowed more varieties of facial expression and gestures. Men must be rocklike.
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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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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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We choose to be writers because we don’t want to talk.
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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 is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.
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The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen’s skin.
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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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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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Housewives are dependent creatures who are still children…parasites.
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By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.
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Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
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If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
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