Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
GLORIA STEINEMDreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.
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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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I want to say to you that there is life and dreams and surprises after 30-and 40, and 50, and 60, and 77! Believe me, life is one long surprise.
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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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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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Hope is a very unruly emotion.
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If you can learn to like how you look, and not the way you think you look, it can set you free.
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If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
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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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By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.
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Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
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[on sexual politics] The Golden Rule works for men as written, but for women it should go the other way around. We need to do unto ourselves as we do unto others.
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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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Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.
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