Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.
GLORIA STEINEMIntelligence without character is a dangerous thing.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
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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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You are the leader you’ve been waiting for.
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I believe that transgender people, including those who have transitioned, are living out real, authentic lives. Those lives should be celebrated, not questioned. Their health care decisions should be theirs and theirs alone to make.
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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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The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen’s skin.
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Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.
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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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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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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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Housewives are dependent creatures who are still children…parasites.
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We choose to be writers because we don’t want to talk.
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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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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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A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
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