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" We have to have something that reaches the masses. That's what I've always known Me Too could do. "

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" I don't want to get into splitting hairs. Trauma is trauma. I'm not in a position to quantify or qualify people's trauma. "

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" I've done community organizing my whole life and I think to myself, as an organizer, we don't wait for people to come to us and say, 'Help us organize something.' We go out into the community, and we bring the skills to a group of people to organize themselves. "

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" When one person says, 'Yeah, me, too,' it gives permission for others to open up. "

" I'm driven by the gaps, the things that are missing, the areas where marginalized people exist - and where the least resources are available for them. "

" The work of #MeToo is about healing. It's about healing as individuals and healing as communities. "

" I'm grounded in joy; I'm not grounded in the trauma anymore. "

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" People are trying to find an outlet to tell their truth. "

" There is always a way to get what you need, and I really believe in taking what you have to make what you need. "

" Patriarchy doesn't just make men out to be ogres. Women buy into the patriarchy as well, and women make those comments as well, like, 'Boys will be boys.' Women have to undo that stuff, too. "

" 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. "

" Violence is violence. Trauma is trauma. And we are taught to downplay it, even think about it as child's play. "

" There's a power in empathy. "

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

" I wish men would stop telling me how they are not 'bad guys,' how they're 'an exception to the norm.' "

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

" I'm really a worker and about rolling up my sleeves and doing the work. If that lands me a place in history, then I would be among amazing company. "

" I want the women I work with to find the entry point to where their healing is. "

" Nobody can take you out of something, especially if you're the one who started it. "

" I don't think that every single case of sexual harassment has to result in someone being fired; the consequences should vary. But we need a shift in culture so that every single instance of sexual harassment is investigated and dealt with. That's just basic common sense. "

" Celebrity doesn't serve me unless it advances the work that I'm doing. "

" For every R. Kelly or Bill Cosby or Harvey Weinstein, there's, you know, the owner of the grocery store, the coach, the teacher, the neighbor, who are doing the same things. But we don't pay attention until it's a big name. And we don't pay attention 'til it's a big celebrity. "

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" If I found a healing tree in my backyard, and it grew some sort of fruit that was a healing balm for people to repair what was damaged, I'm not going to just harvest all of those fruits and say, 'You cant have this.' If I have a cure for people, I'm going to share it. "

" I'm all about cultivating joy in your life. "

" 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. "