90 Quotes by Tarana Burke

At the start of my career - not just Me Too, which is not the totality of my career - I wish I would have known that you don't have to sacrifice everything for a cause. And that self-care and self-preservation is also a tool that is necessary to do the work.

I wish men would stop telling me how they are not 'bad guys,' how they're 'an exception to the norm.'

Men are not the enemy, and we have to be clear about that.

There is always a way to get what you need, and I really believe in taking what you have to make what you need.

We use a term called 'empowerment through empathy.' And 'Me Too' is so powerful, because somebody had said it to me - right? - and it changed the trajectory of my healing process once I heard that.

I don't work for Hollywood.

In many regards, Me Too is about survivors talking to survivors.

The world doesn't realise I have a regular job!

We talk about sexual harassment in the workplace, but there's sexual harassment in schools, right? There's sexual harassment on the street. So there's a larger conversation to be had. And I think it will be a disservice to people if we couch this conversation in about what happens in Hollywood or what happens in even political offices.