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I think denial is the worst. I think silence is the next worst." [on the sexual violence committed by Hamas during the October 7 hostage crisis]

— Sheryl Sandberg

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I won’t stop until women run half the companies and half the countries and men are doing half the housework.

If we start acknowledging what the real issues are, we can solve them. It’s not that hard.

I think equal maternity and paternity leave are hugely important. How are we going to teach men to be equals if the average woman takes three months and the average man takes two weeks?

At the same time, the world still isn’t very welcoming or respectful toward full-time at-home dads.

The word "female," when inserted in front of something, is always with a note of surprise.

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To sin by silence, when we should protest,
Makes cowards out of men.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox New Thought Pastels (1913)

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.

George Eliot

There are times when good words are to be left unsaid out of esteem for silence.

Benedict of Nursia

I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?

Federico Fellini I'm a Born Liar (2003)

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