The best Quotes by Tarana Burke

The best Quotes by Tarana Burke

Tarana Burke (born September 12, 1973) is an American activist from New York City, who started the MeToo movement. In 2006, Burke began using MeToo to help other women to stand up for themselves. Over a decade later, in 2017, #MeToo became a viral hashtag when Alyssa Milano and other women began using it.

An exchange of empathy provides an entry point for a lot of people to see what healing feels like.
"Me too" was just two words; it's two magic words that galvanised the world.
Social media is not a safe space.
When one person says, "Yeah, me, too," it gives permission for others to open up.

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#MeToo is a welcome change, and I would encourage women to call out sexual harassment issues in their workplaces.
If you've been sexually harassed or assaulted write "me too" as a reply to this tweet.
Alyssa Milano - via Twitter, 15.10.2017 #metoo
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No wonder the city never sleeps, it's too busy trying to get laid.
Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City - Season 1 Episode 11
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There are eight million people in this city. And those teeming masses exist for the sole purpose of lifting the few exceptional people onto their shoulders.
Grüner Kobold in Spider-Man
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If I can make it there
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you
New York, New York
Frank Sinatra - New York, New York
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Manhattan, for millions of our forefathers, the gateway to hope, opportunity and happiness beyond their wildest dreams. Today, that hope is still alive, it's called "The First Date". On Saturday nights, every restaurant in Lower Manhattan resembles its own little Ellis Island.
Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City - Season 2 Episode 3
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I want to wake up in that city
That doesn't sleep
And find I'm king of the hill
Top of the heap
Frank Sinatra - New York, New York
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In a city that moves so fast, you get the Sunday paper on Saturday - how did any of us know how much time we had left?
Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City - Season 2 Episode 5
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We are New Yorkers. Proud citizens of the greatest city on earth. Thinking big isn't new to us. It is the very foundation of who we are.
I do not lack empathy. Other people just need to be better.
Democracy is based upon empathy and the recognition that some decisions are solely for the community's benefit without regard to one's own narrow self-interest.
The number of "followers" you have does not make you better than anyone else. Hitler had millions, Jesus had 12.
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Give me your love and not your like!
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