Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.
GLORIA STEINEMEmpathy is the most radical of human emotions.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.
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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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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 future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.
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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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You are the leader you’ve been waiting for.
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Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
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learning must travel the distance from head to heart.
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Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing.
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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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The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen’s skin.
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No one can give us power. If we aren’t part of the process of taking it, we won’t be strong enough to use it.
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A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
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At 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.
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