... members of a powerful group are raised to believe (however illogically) that whatever affects it will also affect them. On theother hand, members of less powerful groups are raised to believe (however illogically) that each individual can escape the group's fate. Thus, cohesion is encouraged on the one hand, and disunity is fostered on the other.

No one can give us power. If we aren’t part of the process of taking it, we won’t be strong enough to use it.

learning must travel the distance from head to heart.

Language can't solve everything, of course, but it does carry our dreams and our ideas.

Our own lives feel so disordered and confusing, so it's amazing to me that the filmmakers caught the personal, emotional high points and low points of my life and not just the public aspects.

In order to make a choice, you need the power to see there is one.

Sexism is not inevitable. It's only about controlling reproduction and therefore controlling women.