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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.

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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When I think of what has happened in a larger sense, beyond myself, then I would not change anything.
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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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Certainly my life will not ever be as private and discreet, and perhaps I should even use the word insulated, as it was before
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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 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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During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.
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I became the messenger who had to be killed
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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 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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I was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career
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