I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion.

I can't tell the difference between my work life and my private life - it's all the same to me.

Whatever a 'superior' group has will be used to justify its superiority, and whatever an 'inferior' group has will be used to justify its plight. Black men were given poorly paid jobs because they were said to be 'stronger' than white men, while all women were relegated to poorly paid jobs because they were said to be 'weaker.

Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.

The cleanup costs of polluting a river, injecting pesticides into the ground water, or putting noxious gases into the air have not been figured into the cost of the manufacturing or agribusiness that put them there in the first place. Historically, the economic incentive has been to pollute.

Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.

Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.