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I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.
Anita Hill
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Anita Hill
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 30
Attorney
Feminist
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Lone Tree
Oklahoma
Anita Faye Hill
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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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Because I was extremely uncomfortable talking about sex with him at all and particularly in such a graphic way, I told him that I did not want to talk about these subjects.
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My parents are older, and they lead a somewhat sheltered life. It was difficult to talk with them about things that were embarrassing to me, and that I had never spoken to them about
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I became the messenger who had to be killed
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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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When I think of what has happened in a larger sense, beyond myself, then I would not change anything.
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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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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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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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I see myself as an educator.
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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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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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I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant
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We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice.
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