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.
GLORIA STEINEMAt my graduation, I thought we had to marry what we wished to become. Now you are becoming the men you once would have wished to marry.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in it.
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There 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.
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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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Each others’ lives are our best textbooks.
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A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
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If what’s inside your dreams wasn’t already real inside you, you couldn’t even dream it.
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Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That’s their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood.
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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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It’s not that women are less corruptible than men are, it’s that women have had less chance to become corrupt.
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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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What I think we need to do is infuse everyday and every action with the kind of values we hope will be in the future, with kindness, with nurturing, with dreams, ambition, using your talents, not resorting to violence, other forms of conflict resolution, with humor, with poetry, with music.
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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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I think that we need to change the culture, not blame the people that are playing the only game that exists.
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Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing.
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Inner space is the real frontier.
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