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" When you truly empathize with someone, you have to take into account all the things that make that person who they are. "

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" As a community, we create a lot of space for fighting and pushing back, but not enough for connecting and healing. "

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

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" What does justice look like for a survivor? It'll mean different things to different communities. "

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" An exchange of empathy provides an entry point for a lot of people to see what healing feels like. "

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

" Men need to help reshape the conversation around consent. "

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

" The first thing I organized around was the Central Park Five case for the young men who were accused. We talked about the unfair misrepresentation of these young teenagers in the media. I've been fighting back against Donald Trump for a long time. "

" Part of the job is to find out what they need. #MeToo is about helping people find those resources. "

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

" There are a series of emotions that most survivors go through after disclosing. It starts with feeling great, like the weight on your shoulders has been lifted, and then you're alone with your thoughts, like, 'Why did I do that?' And then, what about the person who gets backlash? "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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" We have to come together and speak honestly about what the barriers are within our community - and then tear them down. It's really that simple. "

" The work is more than just about the amplification of survivors and quantifying their numbers. The work is really about survivors talking to each other and saying, 'I see you. I support you. I get it.' "

" I founded the Me Too Movement because there was a void in the community that I was in. There were gaps in services. There was dearth in resources, and I saw young people - I saw black and brown girls - who are hurting and who needed something that just wasn't there. "

" Even when black folks make me angry, I know that the foundation is that I love us. I want us to win, and I want us to have all the things that we deserve in the world. And that's driven by love. "

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" We should collectively be talking to children - as young as kindergarten - about what consent looks like. "

" There's a power in empathy. "

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" So many people who deal with sexual harassment don't have the means to file lawsuits or to get legal representation or legal advice. "