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There were never that many women stand-up comics in the past because the power to make people laugh is also a power that gets people upset.

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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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One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the Earth!
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Severe opposition is a measure of success (because) one inevitable result of winning a majority change in consciousness is a backlash from those forces whose power depended on the old one.
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Transformation happens in small groups. Each person can speak and all listen.
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