"We move but our words stand become responsible……" — Adrienne Rich
"We move but our words stand become responsible for more than we intended and this is verbal privilege"
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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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Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
— William Howard Taft
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All things are created twice, but not all first creations are by conscious design. In our personal lives, if we…
— Stephen Covey
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One must always be aware, to notice even though the cost of noticing is to become responsible.
— Thylias Moss
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We must look within ourselves, become responsible and provide fresh solutions if we ever want to do more than complain,or…
— Nelson Mandela
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At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince…
— Ellen Tauscher
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Both life-planning and the adoption of lifestyle options become (in principle) integrated with bodily regimes. It would be quite short-sighted…
— Anthony Giddens
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'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what…
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Buddah says once you understand that you are lost and you have to find your own way and there is…
— Rajneesh
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The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think…
— Marquis De Custine
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Why to become responsible for a new life, when you weren't responsible enough for yourself.
— 5h45hvut
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It is poor judgment to countersign another's note, to become responsible for his debts
— Bible
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