“Self-education is an essential part of any anti-racist journey, and reading has always been a huge part of my personal learning.”

Young girls are told you have to be the delicate princess. Hermione taught them that you can be the warrior.

I’m a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation.

Small changes, such as thrifting instead of buying new, supporting sustainable brands, and air-drying your clothes, can make a huge difference.

For an actor, it is better to play well (or even not so well) in a bad film, than to not play at all.

There’s nothing interesting about looking perfect.

I want to be a Renaissance Woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I just want to do everything.

I don’t want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself.

If we stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by what we are, we can all be freer.

Focused with precision, it can become a powerful source of energy serving progress and change.

The human race is like a bird and it needs both wings to be able to fly.

Don’t let anyone tell you what you can and can’t do or achieve. Do what you want to do and be who you want to be.

The difficulty for me is that I’m interested in so many different things.

I think women are scared of feeling powerful and strong and brave sometimes.

I always keep cards people send me. I have a whole wall covered with them.

Gender equality, historically has been predominantly a women’s movement for women.

I’m a multidimensional person and that’s the freedom of fashion: that you’re able to reinvent yourself through how you dress and how you cut your hair or whatever.

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.

Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.

We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system.

Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.

How many lessons there are and how little they are taken.

Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box.

Suffrage is the pivotal right.