imagining anything is the first step toward creating it. Believing in a true self is what allows a true self to be born.
GLORIA STEINEMIt’s not that women are less corruptible than men are, it’s that women have had less chance to become corrupt.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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Inner space is the real frontier.
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But somewhere within each of us, buried at varying depths depending on the age and degree of neglect or abuse, shame or coercion we endured, there is a resistant, daydreaming, rebellious, creative, unique child — a true self who is waiting.
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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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You are the leader you’ve been waiting for.
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Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
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I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion.
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If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?
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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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Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in it.
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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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Helping begins with listening.
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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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Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
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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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