Anita Hill
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"Anita Faye Hill" is an American attorney and academic, currently a professor of social policy, law and women's studies at Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management. She became a national figure in 1991 when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, of sexual harassment.

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I see ... the faces of these young people, and I see their hearts and that they really do want change, and that they deserve it. They deserve a better society and so that is what motivates me and I think that I can be a part of creating that and having [been] given that chance, I don't want to blow it.

I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.

High-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way deign to think for themselves.

When I think of what has happened in a larger sense, beyond myself, then I would not change anything.

We are very much moved by what we've seen, and many of us are seeking answers and trying to organize our thoughts.

Whether the person you are playing is real or fictional, you try to go to the heart of that person.

I'm not sure even what happened between her and the president, but it's not unheard of for individuals who have had these kinds of sexual encounters to continue relationships or to continue working relationships with the individuals who have done these things to them.

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.