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You must promise me two things. First, you will not tell anyone my name. Second, you will do what you want to do with your life.

— Dr. John Sharpe, London physician; said in 1957 to a 22-year-old American seeking an abortion, as quoted in the dedication of Gloria Steinem's My Life on the Road (2015).

I didn't want to be domestic. I wanted to be free. I had my songs to sing, I had an ambition and it burned inside me. It was something I knew would take me out of the mountains. I knew I could see worlds beyond the Smoky Mountains.

— Dolly Parton, in her 1977 Rolling Stone cover story

Meta intentionally exploited kids for profit and then lied about it, claiming its products were safe when its own internal research confirmed the platforms were addictive and harmful.

— Brian L Schwalb, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, on Meta's settlement

I am prepared to do my part to make sure this man never hurts anyone again.

— Hayden Panettiere, in a 2020 statement about her abuse to inspire others in abusive relationships to seek help.

You just cannot trust Mark Zuckerberg with kids.

— Arturo Bejar, former Meta safety engineer and Instagram consultant, during his testimony in a California federal court trial over Meta's handling of children's data.