learning must travel the distance from head to heart.
GLORIA STEINEMSome of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?
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Helping begins with listening.
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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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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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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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Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing.
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Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
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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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Marriage works best for men than women. The two happiest groups are married men and unmarried women.
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Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
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Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night
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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 art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us
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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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