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Anita Hill Inspirational Quotes (37)

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Many women are harassed, one in three between the ages of 18 and 34, by one poll. And we need to figure out if, in fact, we are going to enable them to come forward with their complaints, as opposed to enabling harassers and abusers to continue their behavior.
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If I can mean to people - if I can symbolize the ability to pursue gender equality, racial equality, and to be truthful about our experiences, then, absolutely, that's what I want to be.
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I have - often say to people that you really don't get to decide your own legacy. I mean, what you do is, you try to be your own authentic self. And then people decide how they're going to interpret that and what it means to them.
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we need to turn the question around to look at the harasser, not the target. We need to be sure that we can go out and look anyone who is a victim of harassment in the eye and say, 'You do not have to remain silent anymore.
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calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.
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I see myself as an educator.
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Well, of course it was a very trying time for me, and fortunately I had a lot of people who were supportive. A lot of people who were writing and calling and saying they were praying for me. Some people sent me Scripture, and that helped.
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But I think it would be irresponsible for me not to say what I really believe in my heart to be true - that there are some serious inequities that we face as women and that we can work to address these inequities
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What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people live with power and authority and they want to maintain it
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Testifying has helped me understand that one individual's behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself
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I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer.
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One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now.
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I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community.
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The FBI has had a history of sex discrimination complaints brought against it, as well as race discrimination
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During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.
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You can't always expect a certain result, but you can expect to do your best.
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Whether we call it a job or a career, work is more than just something we do. It is a part of who we are.
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The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life
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I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.
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I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions
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I am really proud to be a part in whatever way of women becoming active in the political scene. I think it was the first time that people came to terms with the reality of what it meant to have a Senate made up of 98 men and two women.
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In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since
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I work every day to live up to my mother's model. She was a very proud woman. And she really prepared me to go off into the world as a proud daughter.
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The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.
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