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.
GLORIA STEINEMA woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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Helping begins with listening.
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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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Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing.
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Hope is a very unruly emotion.
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Inner space is the real frontier.
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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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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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Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same.
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By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.
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There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.
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Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
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Each others’ lives are our best textbooks.
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If you really want to be lonely, get married.
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A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
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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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