“To will freedom and to will to disclose being are one and the same choice; hence, freedom takes a positive and constructive step which causes being to pass to existence in a movement which is constantly surpassed.” ChoicesCausesExistenceStepsMovementConstructive Book:The Ethics of Ambiguity Source: The Ethics of Ambiguity
“What had really caused the women's movement was the additional years of human life. At the turn of the century women's life expectancy was forty-six; now it was nearly eighty. Our groping sense that we couldn't live all those years in terms of motherhood alone was "the problem that had no name." Realizing that it was not some freakish personal fault but our common problem as women had enabled us to take the first steps to change our lives.” YearsFirstsHumansProblemTurnsNamesTermRealizingCommonStepsOur LivesCenturyMovementSixFaultsMotherhoodHuman LifeFortyFirst StepsEightyExpectancyLife Expectancy Author:Betty Friedan
“Human progress is not an uninterrupted march forward. It is a slow and devious movement with haltings and twistings. The pathway of man ascends and descends, wanders off into mazes. At times the trail seems to lose itself in the wilderness of human passion and folly. But inch by inch it goes forward with halting steps.” MenHumansSeemsPassionLosesStepsProgressMovementWanderFollyWildernessMarchInchesTrailsPathwaysMazesHuman ProgressDevious Author:Joseph Alexander Leighton
“Michael Jackson was extraordinary. When we worked together on 'Bad,' I was in awe of his absolute mastery of movement on the one hand, and of the music on the other. Every step he took was absolutely precise and fluid at the same time. It was like watching quicksilver in motion. He was wonderful to work with, an absolute professional at all times, and it really goes without saying... a true artist. It will be a while before I can get used to the idea that he's no longer with us.” I CanIdeasHandsTogetherUsedArtistStepsWonderfulMovementAbsolutesExtraordinaryAll TimeAweMasteryPreciseFluidEvery StepTrue Artists Author:Martin Scorsese
“There are houses in certain provincial towns whose aspect inspires melancholy, akin to that called forth by sombre cloisters, dreary moorlands, or the desolation of ruins. Within these houses there is, perhaps, the silence of the cloister, the barrenness of moors, the skeleton of ruins; life and movement are so stagnant there that a stranger might think them uninhabited, were it not that he encounters suddenly the pale, cold glance of a motionless person, whose half-monastic face peers beyond the window-casing at the sound of an unaccustomed step.” ThinkingPersonsBookMightFacesCertainHouseSoundHalfSilenceStepsMovementInspireColdAspectWindowTownsStrangerRuinsEncountersMelancholyPalePeersGlancesSkeletonsDrearyDesolationStagnantMoors Book:Eugenie Grandet Source: Eugenie Grandet
“the last decade has seen a powerful counterassault on women's rights, a backlash, an attempt to retract the handful of small and hard-won victories that the feminist movement did manage to win for women. This counterassault is largely insidious: in a kind of pop-culture version of the Big Lie, it stands the truth boldly on its head and proclaims that the very steps that have elevated women's position have actually led to their downfall.” KindHardBigsLastsLyingCultureWinningPowerfulStepsRightsFeminismMovementPositionVictoryFeministPopsDecadesVersionsManageWomens RightsHandfulPop CultureDownfallInsidiousBacklashFeminist Movement Book:Backlash: the undeclared war against American women Source: Backlash: the undeclared war against American women
“The whole organization seemed to be in free fall, indulging in a collective fantasy in which experienced colleagues refused to admit that their every movement, every decision that was made and implemented, only led them one step closer to the abyss.” MadeWholeFallDecisionStepsFantasyMovementOrganizationCollectivesColleaguesAbyss Author:Steig Larsson
“No one who accepts the sovereignty of truth can be a foot soldier in a party or movement. He will always find himself out of step.” PartyAcceptingStepsFeetMovementSoldierSovereignty Author:Sidney Hook
“Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill in the leader role.” PersonsHelpingSocialCausesEasyBlackLeaderStepsRolesMovementCommitSocial ChangeStep Up Author:Assata Shakur
“Nothing is ever solved, or created, by standing still. Movement is the process of the Universe. So move. Do something. Anything. But do not stand still. Do not fence sit. Put your foot down on one side or the other, swing the opposite leg over and start walking. You'll know before you take ten steps if you're going in the right direction.” IfsKnowsStillsMovingUniverseProcessSidesInspiringStepsFeetMovementWalkingTenStandingOppositesLegsSwingsFenceRight DirectionStanding Still Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“Just across the ocean in, say Kenya or Tanzania, a two-gender system is vital for the survival of most of the folks who live there. Men do men's work, women do women's work, and so it all gets done and the jackals can't get into the hut and eat grandpa. So, the future of the transgender movement is like the future of all human rights movements: whatever the state of things in your area now, with some work it all gets a little bit better all the time, even if it is sometimes three steps ahead and two steps back.” IfsMenHumansLittlesTwoSometimesStatesDoneThreeBitsStepsRightsMovementOceanLittle BitSurvivalAreasFolksHuman RightsGenderWorking ItTransgenderKenyaGrandpaHutsTanzaniaJackals Author:Kate Bornstein
“We need to have faith in the people who are giving this movement direction to be smart enough to stay one step ahead of what's coming up next.” PeopleNeedsGivingEnoughNextStepsMovementSmartHave FaithBeing Smart Author:Joan Baez
“I daydream too. I visualise. I think ahead, I can do it now, sitting here. I think ahead to the walk-in, I can hear the crowd, the music, I can feel the cameras all around me, I can feel movements in my body as I am heading there, I can bring up that incredible feeling you get when you step into the cage.” ThinkingFeelsI CanFeelingsBodyCan DoWalksStepsMovementSittingCamerasIncrediblesCrowdsCagesDaydreamingHeadingsI Can Do It Author:Conor McGregor