Whatever you want to do,do it now.
GLORIA STEINEMAny 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.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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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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when pain has been intertwined with love and closeness, it’s very difficult to believe that love and closeness can be experienced without pain.
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Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
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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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Behave like everything you do matters.
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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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Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
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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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I believe that transgender people, including those who have transitioned, are living out real, authentic lives. Those lives should be celebrated, not questioned. Their health care decisions should be theirs and theirs alone to make.
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Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing.
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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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Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
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Each others’ lives are our best textbooks.
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If what’s inside your dreams wasn’t already real inside you, you couldn’t even dream it.
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