Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.
AUDRE LORDEWe are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.
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When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
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To search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
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We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
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What you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority.
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When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face?
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Your silence will not protect you.
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Oppression is as American as apple pie.
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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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Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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