What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
GLORIA STEINEMThe 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
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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Helping begins with listening.
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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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A lot of my generation are living out the un-lived lives of our mothers.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in it.
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Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.
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A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
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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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You are the leader you’ve been waiting for.
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Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night
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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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