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.
GLORIA STEINEMOnce we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen’s skin.
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Show me something that is not transformed by the other half of the human race.
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Women have two choices: Either she’s a feminist or a masochist.
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It’s not that women are less corruptible than men are, it’s that women have had less chance to become corrupt.
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Helping begins with listening.
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If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
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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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Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
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If you really want to be lonely, get married.
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Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
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What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
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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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So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?
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If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?
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