"The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower."

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Source : Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.112, Crossing Press

Audre Lorde

#Our World Quotes #Differences Quotes #Empowering Quotes

“There are no secrets to running success,anyone who says there are is probably trying to sell you something.”
“Yeah, I'm a geek. I read sci-fi and I watch sci-fi films. I love my computer and I love to fix it. I'm a total nerd. I literally am a 12-year-old geeky boy trapped in a 32-year-old woman's body.”
“I know what it is to put on weight. But when I got back to my routine, my body knew how to react. That's muscle memory, and you'll be amazed at what it can do.”
“St. Peter, on my judgment day, will not ask me about the B-2 or my defense votes. He will ask me about my vote to protect innocent human life.”
“I'm not inventing anything new, I'm just using existing material differently.”
“With acting, I always felt like I didn't have control of it. It was all about other people giving me a job.”
“Every fight is do or die for me. I've come too far to start over. I'm on a destiny trip right now. I'm racing towards that heavyweight world championship.”
“We are in a position of financial and social power, and we could be agents of change in our society. Without pretension, I believe we could be a nice little gardener who takes care of the garden, and hopefully our neighbor will do the same. Then, maybe we'll achieve a better world.”

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