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title: "11 Revolutionary Thing Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [So Rita and I decided that the most subversive, revolutionary thing I could do was to show up for my life and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/so-rita-and-i-decided-that-the-most-subversive-revolutionary-thing-i/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

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> [The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/the-most-revolutionary-thing-one-can-do-is-always-to-proclaim-loudly/)

[Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-luxemburg/)

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> [The single most revolutionary thing you can do is recognize that you are enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-andres-gomez/the-single-most-revolutionary-thing-you-can-do-is-recognize-that-you/)

[Carlos Andres Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-andres-gomez/)

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> [The most revolutionary thing you can do is get to know your neighbors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-hess/the-most-revolutionary-thing-you-can-do-is-get-to-know-your-neighbors/)

[Karl Hess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-hess/)

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> [“The most revolutionary thing you can do is to be yourself, to speak your truth, to open your arms to life including…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-mae-brown/the-most-revolutionary-thing-you-can-do-is-to-be-yourself-to-speak/)

[Rita Mae Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-mae-brown/)

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> [I'm becoming more and more apolitical - I think the most revolutionary thing you can do is just live your life and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meshell-ndegeocello/i-m-becoming-more-and-more-apolitical-i-think-the-most-revolutionary/)

[Meshell Ndegeocello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meshell-ndegeocello/)

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> [I sort of feel like that's the most revolutionary thing we can do with our narrative for me as Black people is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-davis/i-sort-of-feel-like-that-s-the-most-revolutionary-thing-we-can-do/)

[Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-davis/)

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> [I think the sheer fact of women talking, being, paradoxical, inexplicable, flip, self-destructiv e but above all else public is the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-kraus/i-think-the-sheer-fact-of-women-talking-being-paradoxical/)

[Chris Kraus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-kraus/)

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> [I think democracy is the most revolutionary thing in the world….because if you have power you use it to meet the needs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-benn/i-think-democracy-is-the-most-revolutionary-thing-in-the-world/)

[Tony Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-benn/)

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> [The most revolutionary thing anybody can do is to raise good, honest and generous children who will question the answers of people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/the-most-revolutionary-thing-anybody-can-do-is-to-raise-good-honest/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

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> [I think there's very little interesting in art that is not transgressive in some way. And I don't think that's a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-johannsson/i-think-there-s-very-little-interesting-in-art-that-is-not/)

[Johann Johannsson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-johannsson/)

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