The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.
GLORIA STEINEMLife 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.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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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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Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same.
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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 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 don’t like writing. I like having written.
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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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Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.
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The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn’t exist in every culture.
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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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Marriage works best for men than women. The two happiest groups are married men and unmarried women.
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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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The voting booth is the only place that a pauper equals a billionaire, and any woman equals any man.
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Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night
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