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" 'Me too' became a term that was both succinct and powerful, and it was a way to ring up immediate empathy between survivors. "

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" I don't work for Hollywood. "

" You cannot put a song - you cannot put a person's talent over somebody's humanity. That's just insane. "

" I have been working with young people for more than 25 years. "

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" When the #MeToo movement started and went viral, it was everyday people all around the world. The fact that the stories continue to be about famous white women has everything to do with who the media places attention on. "

" What's interesting to me is that people engage survivors from a place of pity all the time - a place of sympathy. "

" I have a lot of experience - not just with my 'Me Too' campaign but with survivors disclosing. I know that there is a wave of emotions that happens after that. "

" Get up. Stand up. Speak up. Do something. "

" I'm interested in talking to people and dealing with people who are set and ready for change and action. Who get it. And who are looking for solutions. "

" At the start of my career - not just Me Too, which is not the totality of my career - I wish I would have known that you don't have to sacrifice everything for a cause. And that self-care and self-preservation is also a tool that is necessary to do the work. "

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" We all have the right to an opinion, sure, but can we say how someone else should feel? "

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" I think that Me Too is for everybody. I think it's important that people feel validated. "

" I founded the 'me too' movement in 2006 because I wanted to find a way to connect with the black and brown girls in the program I ran. "