We choose to be writers because we don’t want to talk.
GLORIA STEINEMThere 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.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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Because when some people are invisible, everyone suffers.
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Housewives are dependent creatures who are still children…parasites.
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We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.
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Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
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The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.
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Women must have seats at the table because peace is too crucial to be left only to the politicians or only to the male half of our world.
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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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learning must travel the distance from head to heart.
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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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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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Women tend to be conservative in youth and get more radical as they get older because they lose power with age. So, if a young woman is not a feminist, I say, just wait.
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Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
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A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
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Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
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The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights
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