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

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" I've never had a person come to me and say, 'I want to take down this person.' They come and say, 'I need help. This thing is killing me. It's weighing me down. It's sitting in the pit of my stomach.' "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" The personal is political for so many. "

" 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. "

" We talk about sexual harassment in the workplace, but there's sexual harassment in schools, right? There's sexual harassment on the street. So there's a larger conversation to be had. And I think it will be a disservice to people if we couch this conversation in about what happens in Hollywood or what happens in even political offices. "

" Anita Hill thanklessly put herself and her career as a law professor on the line more than 25 years ago to publicly name Clarence Thomas for sexually harassing her at work. "

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

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

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

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

" I founded the 'me too' movement in 2006 because I wanted to find a way to connect with the black and brown girls in the program I ran. "

" 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. "

" There's a power in empathy. "

" We want to turn victims into survivors - and survivors into thrivers. "

" What's interesting to me is that people engage survivors from a place of pity all the time - a place of sympathy. "

" We have to trust the voices of the community to be in leadership and know what we need for our communities. "

" Donald Trump has proven to be the kind of person who you can't reason with and who you can't have a logical conversation with - and who I can't imagine having a heart-to-heart conversation thinking that I would change something specifically about this person. "

" I have been working with young people for more than 25 years. "

" When the #MeToo movement started and went viral, it was everyday people all around the world. The fact that the stories continue to be about famous white women has everything to do with who the media places attention on. "

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

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

" The world doesn't realise I have a regular job! "

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

" Social media is not a safe space. "

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

" Black women have been screaming about famous predators like R&B singer R. Kelly, who allegedly preys on black girls, for well over a decade to no avail. "

" 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. "