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Audre Lorde Quotes

I do not want to be tolerated, or misnamed. I want to be recognized Picture Quote #1

You are the one that you are looking for Picture Quote #1

The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us Picture Quote #1

To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged mediocrity of our society Picture Quote #1

We are powerful because we have survived Picture Quote #1

So it is better to speak, remembering we were never meant to survive Picture Quote #1

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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me Picture Quote #1

What do we want from each other after we have told our stories Picture Quote #1

We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not Picture Quote #1

I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior Picture Quote #1

Hatred is a death wish for the hated, not a life wish for anything else Picture Quote #1

What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid? Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests Picture Quote #1

But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women Picture Quote #1

But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a black person and a white person loving each other in a racist society Picture Quote #1

In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction Picture Quote #1

It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again Picture Quote #1

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Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before Picture Quote #1

The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives Picture Quote #1

We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of black women for each other Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid Picture Quote #1

Art is not living. It is the use of living. The artist has the ability to take that living and use it in a certain way, and produce art Picture Quote #1

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Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part of myself away Picture Quote #1

Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of black men Picture Quote #1

But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our work comes down to. No matter where we key into it, it's the same work, just different pieces of ourselves doing it Picture Quote #1

I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: lesbian parenting, the 1960's, and interracial relationships in the lesbian and gay community Picture Quote #1

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I do not want to be tolerated, or misnamed. I want to be recognized (Audre Lorde Quotes) You are the one that you are looking for (Audre Lorde Quotes) The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us (Audre Lorde Quotes) To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged mediocrity of our society (Audre Lorde Quotes) We are powerful because we have survived (Audre Lorde Quotes) So it is better to speak, remembering we were never meant to survive (Audre Lorde Quotes) Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me (Audre Lorde Quotes) What do we want from each other after we have told our stories (Audre Lorde Quotes) We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not (Audre Lorde Quotes) I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior (Audre Lorde Quotes) Hatred is a death wish for the hated, not a life wish for anything else (Audre Lorde Quotes) What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid? (Audre Lorde Quotes) The oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those boundaries (Audre Lorde Quotes) Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests (Audre Lorde Quotes) But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women (Audre Lorde Quotes) But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a black person and a white person loving each other in a racist society (Audre Lorde Quotes) In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction (Audre Lorde Quotes) It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again (Audre Lorde Quotes) Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before (Audre Lorde Quotes) The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives (Audre Lorde Quotes) We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of black women for each other (Audre Lorde Quotes) 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 (Audre Lorde Quotes) When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid (Audre Lorde Quotes) Art is not living. It is the use of living. The artist has the ability to take that living and use it in a certain way, and produce art (Audre Lorde Quotes) Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part of myself away (Audre Lorde Quotes) Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of black men (Audre Lorde Quotes) But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our work comes down to. No matter where we key into it, it's the same work, just different pieces of ourselves doing it (Audre Lorde Quotes) I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too? (Audre Lorde Quotes) 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 Lorde Quotes) I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: lesbian parenting, the 1960's, and interracial relationships in the lesbian and gay community (Audre Lorde Quotes)

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