Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
AUDRE LORDEYour silence will not protect you.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
AUDRE LORDEThere are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
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Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
AUDRE LORDEHopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
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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.
AUDRE LORDEThe 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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You are the one that you are looking for.
AUDRE LORDEYou are the one that you are looking for.
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I 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.
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.
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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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My experience with people who tried to label me was that they usually did it to either dismiss me or use me.
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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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Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
AUDRE LORDEThe master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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I remember how being young and Black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.
AUDRE LORDEI remember how being young and Black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
AUDRE LORDEOur visions begin with our desires.
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I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
AUDRE LORDEI learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
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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 LORDESometimes 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.
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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
AUDRE LORDEThe learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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