What We are Capable of, Grueling Election Cycle, Tenacity, Fortitude, Courage, Retta

“I have seen what we are capable of this grueling election cycle and am uplifted by the tenacity, fortitude and courage of the men and women who fought for women's rights, LGBTQ rights, racial equality, and I am emboldened by it...Are you fired up? 'Cause I'm ready to go!” - Retta

Found in Ms. Magazine's Special 2016 Election Issue, page 11.

Learning to Speak, Avital Ronell

“Learning to speak is like learning to shoot.” - Professor Avital Ronell, comparative literature specialist, and a self-proclaimed “ivory-tower terrorist.”

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 9.

Fashion Dropout, Harper's Bazaar, Clothes, Molly Ivins

“Although a life-long fashion dropout, I have absorbed enough by reading Harper's Bazaar while waiting at the dentist's to have grasped that the purpose of fashion is to make A Statement. My own modest Statement, discerned by true cognoscenti, is, 'Woman Who Wears Clothes So She Won't Be Naked.'” - Molly Ivins

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 37.

World, Dangerous Place, Albert Einstein

"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein.

Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins143096.html

Democracy, Freedom, Dissidents, Abbie Hoffman

"You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." - Abbie Hoffman

Found at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/abbie_hoffman.html.

Writing, Making Money, Getting Famous, Stephen King

“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Found in Goodreads at Stephen King quotes.

Masculinity, Cult, Actor Terry Crews

“Masculinity can be a cult. And when I say 'cult,' it's no different than David Koresh. It's no different than Jim Jones.” - Actor Terry Crews, speaking at the Women in the World Summit after coming forward with his own #MeToo story of being sexually harassed in Hollywood.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Summer 2018, page 6.