A feminist is a man or woman who already knows for a fact that men and women are qual and wants society to wake up to that fact, so the world can stop operating at half-strength.
--Marlo Thomas
A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold.
--Marlo Thomas
Any woman who accepts aloneness as the natural by-product of success is accepting a punishment for a crime she didn't commit.
--Marlo Thomas
Every child deserves a chance at a life filled with love, laughter, friends and family.
--Marlo Thomas
I don't know what it is about men. They think that women have radar attached to our uteruses. (on tidiness)
--Marlo Thomas
I have this theory that there are two kinds of people in the world, people who stop at a traffic accident and those that just drive by.
--Marlo Thomas
I wish someone would have told me that, just because I'm a girl, I don't have to get married.
--Marlo Thomas
It's important to think big, but you've got to work small.
--Marlo Thomas
Marriage is like a vacuum cleaner. You stick it to your ear and it sucks out all your energy and ambition.
--Marlo Thomas
My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.
--Marlo Thomas
Never face facts. If you do, you'll never get up in the morning.
--Marlo Thomas
One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.
--Marlo Thomas
People really want to do something good. You just have to show them where it is.
--Marlo Thomas
Small steps can help people make big changes to achieve what they really desire. That wish isn't going to go anywhere unless you do something about it. Every day, just do one thing. At the end of six months, you'll be somewhere.
--Marlo Thomas
There are those who think that the private lives of candidates are none of our business. But when those candidates ask us for our attention as they explain their plans for how they will represent us, no one should be surprised at our interest in how they represent themselves.
--Marlo Thomas
We've been taught to believe that actions speak louder than words. But I think words speak pretty loud all of our lives; we carry these words in our head.
--Marlo Thomas
When thoroughbreds run, they wear blinders to keep their eyes focused straight ahead with no distractions, no other horses. They hear the crowd, but they don't listen. They just run their own race. That's what you have to do. Don't listen to anyone comparing you to me or to anyone else. You just run your own race.
--Marlo Thomas
Women should know that they don't have to hang on to an old dream that has stopped nurturing them- that there is always time to start a new dream.
--Marlo Thomas
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