"Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat."

-- Audre Lorde

#Inspiring Quotes #Harmony Quotes #Contradiction Quotes

“Since, though I do not repent my amorous exploits, I am far from wanting my example to contribute to the corruption of the fair sex, which deserves our homage for so many reasons, I hope that my observations will foster prudence in fathers and mothers and thus at least deserve their esteem.”
“Human rights for everybody, there is no difference. Live on! And be yourself!”

Source : Song: Same Love
“there must be a routine to life, a framework to hang life on. Routines were what kept you sane, gave you something to do at this moment and at that, definite places to go, positive things to do. Abandon it and that way madness lies.”
“I don't think I've had a holiday in my entire life that wasn't about my dad's work.”
“It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.”
“Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't”
“Quite honestly, even as a woman dealer, I really wasn't interested in masculinity or femininity as such. What was important to me was the value of the work itself. If a woman had come along, somebody like Lee Bontecou or Louise Nevelson, and said, "I'm working on the land," I would have gone to see it.”
“I know how you feel," I said. "You run into something you totally don't get, and it's scary as hell. But once you learn something about it, it gets easier to handle. Knowledge counters fear. It always has.”

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