Author: Holly Near

Quotes

It is essential that men start being interested in and excited by how women think.

It is essential that men start being interested in and excited by how women think.

- Holly Near

Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.

Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.

- Holly Near

The war on drugs is a war against the communities.

The war on drugs is a war against the communities.

- Holly Near

White middle- and upper-class men have a longer journey to go than many people.

White middle- and upper-class men have a longer journey to go than many people.

- Holly Near

My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility.

My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility.

- Holly Near

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.

- Holly Near

To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to have dinner.

To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to have dinner.

- Holly Near

To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well, that's for women'.

To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well, that's for women'.

- Holly Near

Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point.

Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point.

- Holly Near

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