Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.
GLORIA STEINEMlearning must travel the distance from head to heart.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
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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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[on sexual politics] The Golden Rule works for men as written, but for women it should go the other way around. We need to do unto ourselves as we do unto others.
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A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
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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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Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
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The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.
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If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?
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Helping begins with listening.
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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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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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In every century, there are a handful of writers who help the human race to evolve. Andrea is one of them.
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Whatever you want to do,do it now.
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Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
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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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