Show me something that is not transformed by the other half of the human race.
GLORIA STEINEMBeing married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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Inner space is the real frontier.
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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 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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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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A movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around us is the end as well as the means.
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Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren’t, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.
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Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
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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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Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
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There are many ways of supporting gender equality, from something as simple as paid sick leave and flexible work hours to attributing an economic value to all care-giving, and making that amount tax deductible.
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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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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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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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