The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us
GLORIA STEINEMThe voting booth is the only place that a pauper equals a billionaire, and any woman equals any man.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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Helping begins with listening.
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I believe a unique core self is born into every human being; the result of millennia of environment and heredity combined in an unpredictable way that could never happen before or again.
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Housewives are dependent creatures who are still children…parasites.
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Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night
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imagining anything is the first step toward creating it. Believing in a true self is what allows a true self to be born.
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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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Women can be vivacious. We are allowed more varieties of facial expression and gestures. Men must be rocklike.
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A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
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Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
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Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
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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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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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By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.
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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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