Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.
GLORIA STEINEMWomen 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.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.
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Life after 50 or 60 is itself another country, as different as adolescence is from childhood, or as adulthood is from adolescence – and just as adventurous.
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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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If you really want to be lonely, get married.
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Housewives are dependent creatures who are still children…parasites.
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Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
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Show me something that is not transformed by the other half of the human race.
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Helping begins with listening.
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Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
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Marriage works best for men than women. The two happiest groups are married men and unmarried women.
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I believe that transgender people, including those who have transitioned, are living out real, authentic lives. Those lives should be celebrated, not questioned. Their health care decisions should be theirs and theirs alone to make.
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One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the Earth!
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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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We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.
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A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
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