We recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives.
AUDRE LORDEThe oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those boundaries.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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We must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage.
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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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Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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When times are hard, do something. If it works, do it some more. If it does not work, do something else. But keep going.
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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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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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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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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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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 have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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Revolution is not a one time event.
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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