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It's a big gift to be recognizable as part of something that matters to people, but that's not the same as being responsible for something.

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Gloria Steinem
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: March 25
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Toledo
Ohio
Gloria Marie Steinem
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The act of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters.
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Self-esteem starts out as a personal blessing, but it becomes nothing less than an evolutionary force.
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