The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us
GLORIA STEINEMWomen have two choices: Either she’s a feminist or a masochist.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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Because when some people are invisible, everyone suffers.
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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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Hope is a very unruly emotion.
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We choose to be writers because we don’t want to talk.
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I don’t like writing. I like having written.
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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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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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I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion.
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Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.
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A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
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I have me brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and with a courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words.
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Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It’s about making life more fair for women everywhere. It’s not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It’s about baking a new pie.
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There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.
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Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
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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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A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
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A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
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What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
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If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?
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If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
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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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Housewives are dependent creatures who are still children…parasites.
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If you really want to be lonely, get married.
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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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Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
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If you can learn to like how you look, and not the way you think you look, it can set you free.
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