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title: "8 Form Activism Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Form Activism quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Form Activism sayings and thoughts."
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> [Poetry is a lousy form of activism; it doesn't really change much. And maybe we can point to one or two historical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/poetry-is-a-lousy-form-of-activism-it-doesn-t-really-change-much-and/)

[Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/)

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> [Writing is a form of activism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angie-thomas/writing-is-a-form-of-activism/)

[Angie Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angie-thomas/)

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> [“The most effective form of activism is kindness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-mcgill/the-most-effective-form-of-activism-is-kindness/)

[Bryant McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-mcgill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/881/bryant-mcgill-108_activism_the-most-effective-form-of-activism-is-k_963703.jpg)

> [People who have come of age from the '80s on have experienced a form of activism that's very sterile and annoying. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-wolf/people-who-have-come-of-age-from-the-80s-on-have-experienced-a-form/)

[Naomi Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-wolf/)

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> [For me, poetry is a form of activism. And that word enables the labelers, and also gives them a rash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fady-joudah/for-me-poetry-is-a-form-of-activism-and-that-word-enables-the/)

[Fady Joudah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fady-joudah/)

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> [I look at books as being a form of activism. Sometimes they'll show us a side of the world that we might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angie-thomas/i-look-at-books-as-being-a-form-of-activism-sometimes-they-ll-show-us/)

[Angie Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angie-thomas/)

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> [Not living in fear is a form of activism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-the-drag-queen/not-living-in-fear-is-a-form-of-activism/)

[Bob the Drag Queen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-the-drag-queen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/530/bob-the-drag-queen-5504_activism_not-living-in-fear-is-a-form-of-activism_2566639.jpg)

> [Burnout is a way of telling you that your form of activism was perhaps not very full circle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/burnout-is-a-way-of-telling-you-that-your-form-of-activism-was/)

[Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/)

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