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" Secretary of state is far superior to vice president, because it's involved in continuously solving problems and making policy and not being on standby. "
Gloria Steinem
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" No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office. "
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" Female inferiority is internalised by us. Women need a lot more confidence. "
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" Hope is a very unruly emotion. "
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" Perfect is boring: Beauty is irregular. "
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" Women's progress has been a collective effort. "
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" Liberation does not come from outside. "
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" I remember someone once asked Jack Kennedy why he was paying such close attention to the renovation of the square across from the White House, and he said, 'It may be the only thing my presidency is remembered for.' "
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" From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified. "
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" In a way, women are a psychic immigrant group. "
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" The deepest change begins with men raising children as much as women do and women being equal actors in the world outside the home. There are many ways of supporting that, from something as simple as paid sick leave and flexible work hours to attributing an economic value to all caregiving and making that amount tax deductible. "
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" There's been the same kind of demonizing of the word 'feminism' as words like 'liberal,' 'affirmative action,' and so on. "
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" Gerda Lerner was fierce, brilliant and unique. She lived history by her bravery, restored history by her scholarship, and democratized its study by her activism. "
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" There's nothing automatic about political change, about liberation. "
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" Obviously, there is much similarity among the challenges of transgender people and all women - from health care to harassment to discrimination in the workplace. "
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" The Miss America Pageant reinforces a belief that women are merely how they look and how they please. "
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" If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm a feminist, that's a transformation of society. "
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You
" Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself. "
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" It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate. "
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" Whatever each individual woman is facing - only she knows her biggest challenge. "
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" There are six million female lives lost in the world every year simply because they are female. "
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" It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death. Even corporations with their reward systems don't try to make it posthumous. "
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You
Think
" I am not patient. "
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" You know there is a person inside every baby, right? And anybody who has ever met a baby knows there is already a person in there. "
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" If I read the word 'problematize' one more time, I'm going to vomit. "
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" A bad facelift is like a bad toupee. "
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" Fashion in the past meant conforming and losing oneself. Fashion in the present means being individual and finding oneself. "
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" Anger is energising. The opposite of anger is depression, which is anger turned inward. "
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" Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father. "
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" Everything about aging in my experience so far has been a plus. Except the death part! "
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