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Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.

Audre Lorde

The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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Feminism House Master Tool
The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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Incite Learning Process Riot
I am still learning – how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.
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Acceptance Believe Joy Learning People Rejoice Service Success
If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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Love Probable Resistance Survival Time
We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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Crave Fear Ourselves Raise
I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk throught the rain.
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Duty Important Intense Pain Rain Speak Survival Truimph Truth
We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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Blind Deep Gratitude
The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.
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Afraid Inspirational Service Strength Vision
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
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Act Care Indulgence Myself Politics Preservation War
Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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Angry Energy Information
When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn’t matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry.
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Human Poetry Teaching Theraphy Touch
To search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
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Afraid Beyond Myself Power Search Willing
Some women wait for themselves around the next corner and call the empty spot peace but the opposite of living is only not living and the stars do not care
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Empty Live Opposite Peace Spot Stars Women
If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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Love Probable Resistance Survival Time
There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
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Feminism Issue Live Single Struggle Women Empowerment
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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Believe Conquer Fear Goals Inspirational Job Matter Scare

Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.

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