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" When I had a fellowship at the Smithsonian, I asked for a couch in the office because I liked to lie down and take a break. "

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" I can say whatever it is that I feel. "

" We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters. "

" 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. "

" It's easier to blame the person with less power. "

" Republicans may learn they can't appeal to right-wing patriarchs and most women at the same time. "

" In my own mind, I am still a fat brunette from Toledo, and I always will be. "

" I am not patient. "

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

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

" The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn't exist in every culture. "

" America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people. "

" God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back. "

" People start to talk about post-racist, post-feminist. What does that mean? We're clearly not post either. Would you say post-democracy? Clearly we haven't reached true democracy yet. "

" The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary. "

" Because women of color were more likely to be in the paid labor force, they were more likely to recognize discrimination, so they were always leading the women's movement. "

" There's no shortage of great young activists. "

" The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving. "

" Until the masculine role is humanized, women will tend to be much better at solving dangerous conflicts. "

" If you ask men about their body image, they will tell you they look better than they do. And if you ask a woman, she'll tell you she looks worse. "

" I'd like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. I'd have some romantic scenes as Audrey Hepburn and have gritty black-and-white scenes as Patricia Neal. "

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" There are six million female lives lost in the world every year simply because they are female. "

" If you hear a statistic, you will make up a story to go with it, because our brains are organized on narrative. And you may very well make up a wrong story because you only have one fact, which is a statistic. "

" Law and justice are not always the same. "

" When I was little, I knew that I was not adopted, but I actually imagined and hoped that I was - and that my real parents were going to come get me. "

" The Native American cultures on this continent, most of them, were matrilineal, and some women were the chiefs. Societies were about balance. "

" Monotheism makes me grouchy. I don't trust any religion that makes God look like one of the ruling class. I guess I'm a pagan or an animist. "

" All those chemicals that create empathy only work when you are in a room together. "

" Obviously, no LGBT person should be denied the ability to be who they are because their boss disagrees. "

" 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. "

" The surest way to be alone is to get married. "