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" The most hurtful thing is not what comes from our adversaries, it's what comes from our friends. "

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" The mark, to me, of a constructive argument is one that looks at a specific problem and says, 'What shall we do about this?' And a nonconstructive one is one that tries to label people. "

" The same way that racism is a white person's problem, violence against women is a men's problem. "

" Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one. "

" Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days. "

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" As for the American child's classic problem - too much mother, too little father - that would be cured by an equalization of parental responsibility. "

" What's so valuable about HBO is they tell stories. We learn from stories. "

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" Burnout is a way of telling you that your form of activism was perhaps not very full circle. "

" Even before Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton threw their exploratory committees into the ring, every reporter seemed to be asking, 'Which candidate are Americans more ready for: a white woman or a black man?' "

" Pearl Jam doesn't just sing about issues they care about. These guys walk it like they talk it. "

" Nothing changes the gender equation more significantly than women's economic freedom. "

" The women's movement in England was totally against Margaret Thatcher. "

" Anything can be used for or against the welfare of women - or the welfare of anyone - depending on who controls it. "

" The caste systems of sex and race are interdependent and can only be uprooted together. "

" In the suffragist and abolitionist era, there were a lot of white women and some black men and women who argued for the old hierarchy and against universal adult suffrage - often on religious grounds. "

" There is nothing more fundamental than the idea that the government does not have a right to decide when and whether we have children. "

" I am not patient. "

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" These poor women in academia have to talk this silly language that nobody can understand in order to be accepted, they think. "

" Obviously, there is much similarity among the challenges of transgender people and all women - from health care to harassment to discrimination in the workplace. "

" Women's progress has been a collective effort. "

" I hate to generalize, but in general, both men and women suffer from ageism. Men much less because men gain power as they get older. Women lose power as they get older. Men are seen as gaining experience and being distinguished. Sons look forward to replacing their fathers. "

" Girls actually need superheroes much more than boys. "

" I hope to live to 100. There is so much to do. "