"Until we know the assumptions in which we……" — Adrienne Rich
"Until we know the assumptions in which we are drenched, we cannot know ourselves."
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142 Quotes by Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich has 142 quotes on this site.
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Each feminist work has tended to be received as if it emerged from nowhere; as if each one of us…
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I am a feminist because I feel endangered, psychically and physically, by this society and because I believe that the…
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Life on the planet is born of woman.
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Courage is not defined by those who fought and did not fall, but by those who fought, fell and rose…
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We must use what we have to invent what we desire.
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The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell.
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A decade of cutting away dead flesh, cauterizing old scars ripped open over and over and still it is not…
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It's as if, in the mother's eyes, her smile, her stroking touch, the child first reads the message:'You are there!'
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We who were loved will never unlive that crippling fever.
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If we had time and no money, living by our wits, what story would you tell?
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Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality.
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I believe that words can help us move or keep us paralysed, and that our choices of language and verbal…
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More Assumption Quotes
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The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.
— Lester Bangs
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Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many…
— Gary Becker
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The bad-boy label is just an assumption.
— Russell Brand
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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been…
— David Brin
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A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the…
— Harry Browne
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I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the…
— Warren Buffett
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As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song,…
— Julie Burchill
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History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions.
— Ken Burns
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Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile,…
— Alan Alda
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The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you…
— David Byrne
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In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of…
— Sherman Alexie
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The unconscious democracy of America is a very fine thing. It is a true and deep and instinctive assumption of…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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