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"I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant."
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"I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant."

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"What I wanted was for everyone listening to understand that these things mattered - not necessarily for me, but in this particular forum they mattered in terms of whether of not we were getting a person who should sit on the Supreme Court."

"I was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career."

"For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977."

"But I think it would be irresponsible for me not to say what I really believe in my heart to be true - that there are some serious inequities that we face as women and that we can work to address these inequities."

"I am really proud to be a part in whatever way of women becoming active in the political scene. I think it was the first time that people came to terms with the reality of what it meant to have a Senate made up of 98 men and two women."

"Because I was extremely uncomfortable talking about sex with him at all and particularly in such a graphic way, I told him that I did not want to talk about these subjects."

"But the issue of sexual harassment is not the end of it. There are other issues - political issues, gender issues - that people need to be educated about."

"Testifying has helped me understand that one individual's behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself."

"What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people live with power and authority and they want to maintain it."

"Telling the world is the most difficult experience of my life, but it is very close to having to live through the experience that occasion this meeting."
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