Your silence will not protect you.
AUDRE LORDEI find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
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The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us.
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We do not have to romanticize our past in order to be aware of how it seeds our present.
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Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
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I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it’s your job to open up and let it be real no matter how scary it seems.
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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Women are powerful and dangerous.
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The oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those boundaries.
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Whenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.
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Construct templates for possible futures, and focus our rage for change upon our enemies rather than upon each other.
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Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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