We go into rural communities, and all we do - like has been done in this room [at … - Leymah Gbowee

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Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

Leymah Gbowee

We go into rural communities, and all we do - like has been done in this room [at TED] - is create the space. When these girls sit. . . you unlock great leaders.

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We must continue to unite in sisterhood to turn our tears into triumph. There is no time to rest until our world achieves wholeness and balance, where all men and women are considered equal and free.

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Don't wait for a Gandhi, don't wait for a King, don't wait for a Mandela. You are your own Mandela, you are your own Gandhi, you are your own King.

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The world is upside down, it's going to take a lot of hands to turn it right side up.

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When women gather, great things will happen.

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Leadership is standing with your people. People say you have to live to fight another day, but sometimes you have to show you are a true leader.

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Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

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We will save our sovereign rights as a nation.

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Only the story can continue beyond the war and the warrior. The story outlives the sound of the war drum. . . The story is our escort. Without it we are blind. . . It is the thing that sets us apart from cattle.

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