But 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.
GLORIA STEINEMWomen have two choices: Either she’s a feminist or a masochist.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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imagining anything is the first step toward creating it. Believing in a true self is what allows a true self to be born.
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Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
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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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Show me something that is not transformed by the other half of the human race.
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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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I don’t like writing. I like having written.
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So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?
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Women can be vivacious. We are allowed more varieties of facial expression and gestures. Men must be rocklike.
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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.
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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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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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If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?
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What I think we need to do is infuse everyday and every action with the kind of values we hope will be in the future, with kindness, with nurturing, with dreams, ambition, using your talents, not resorting to violence, other forms of conflict resolution, with humor, with poetry, with music.
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