Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.
GLORIA STEINEMBut somewhere within each of us, buried at varying depths depending on the age and degree of neglect or abuse, shame or coercion we endured, there is a resistant, daydreaming, rebellious, creative, unique child — a true self who is waiting.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.
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Whatever you want to do,do it now.
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Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same.
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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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We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.
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Battered women is a phrase that uncovered major, long-hidden violence. It helps us to face the fact that, statistically speaking, the most dangerous place for a woman is in her own home, not in the streets.
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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 feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
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Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing.
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The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.
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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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If you really want to be lonely, get married.
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You are the leader you’ve been waiting for.
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Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
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