"I became a part of the Civil Rights movement early on and that has really shaped a great deal of my thinking."

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Source : Source: www.truth-out.org

Amber Hollibaugh

#Thinking Quotes #Rights Quotes #Movement Quotes

“I always thought I was going to die before I was 60.”
“Sometimes we make duaa for a door of dunya. When it doesn't open, we cry. Not realizing that Allah has instead opened a door of jennah for us.”
“I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.”
“With the exception of the New York Times, Fox news, and Lou Dobbs of CNN, and talk radio, the rest of the mainstream media has basically been silenced like a bunch of dumb monkeys.”
“Passion means suffering and compassion means suffering together. Suffering produces perseverance and perseverance produces character and character produces hope. And that lifts people up, knowing they're not alone.”
“Women need to become literary criminals, break the literary laws and reinvent their own, because the established laws prevent women from presenting the reality of their lives.”

Source : "Bodies of Work". Book by Kathy Acker, 1996.
“I have spent probably years of time waiting in studio lounges - waiting on a mix, waiting on my time to sing, waiting on, waiting on, waiting on. That's just the nature of life.”
“Strictly speaking, there are no enlightened people, there is only enlightened activity.”

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