The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn but to unlearn. We are filled with popular wisdom of several centuries just past, and we are terrified to give it up.

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"The cancer served a real purpose, making me a little bit more conscious of time."

- Gloria Steinem

Awareness

"I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career."

- Gloria Steinem

Awareness

"Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described – and will be, after our deaths – by each of the family members who believe they know us."

- Gloria Steinem

Relationships

"Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited."

- Gloria Steinem

Relationships

"The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off."

- Gloria Steinem

Courage

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"The expert in anything was once a beginner."

- Helen Hayes

Learning

"Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow."

- Mahatma Gandhi

Learning

"To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live."

- Dorothy West

Learning

"In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind, there are few."

- Vince Gironda

Learning

"I am always doing what I cannot do yet in order to learn how to do it."

- Vincent van Gogh

Learning