The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.
GLORIA STEINEMWhat would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.
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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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Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.
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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 are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in it.
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If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
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Women have two choices: Either she’s a feminist or a masochist.
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Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
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We choose to be writers because we don’t want to talk.
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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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Helping begins with listening.
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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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What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
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Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
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Hope is a very unruly emotion.
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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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The voting booth is the only place that a pauper equals a billionaire, and any woman equals any man.
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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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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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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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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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Inner space is the real frontier.
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So whatever you want to do, just do it… Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.
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In order to make a choice, you need the power to see there is one.
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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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