We do not have to romanticize our past in order to be aware of how it seeds our present.
AUDRE LORDEHopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
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Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
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We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
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I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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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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Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
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Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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Divide and conquer must become define and empower.
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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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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Our visions begin with our desires.
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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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