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Gloria Steinem Quotes: The first problem for all of us men and women is not to learn but to unlearn.
         

The first problem for all of us men and women is not to learn but to unlearn.


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Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.



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



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

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



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Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.



Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.

Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.



Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.

Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.



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No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office.



The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.

The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.



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Superwoman is the adversary of the women's movement.



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A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.





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