"There is no such thing as a single……" — Audre Lorde

"There is no such thing as a single issue struggle because we do not live single issue lives."

— Audre Lorde

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186 Quotes by Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde has 186 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social…
Raising Black children-female and male-in the mouth of a racist, sexist, suicidal dragon is perilous and chancy. If they cannot…
Battling racism and battling heterosexism and battling apartheid share the same urgency inside me as battling cancer.
Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
Silence has never brought us anything of worth.
‎Once we recognize what it is we are feeling, once we recognize we can feel deeply, love deeply, can feel…
I am still learning - how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my…
For we have built into all of us, old blueprints of expectation and response, old structures of oppression and these…
Difference is that raw and powerful connection from which our personal power is forged... We have been taught to either…
Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge. They are chaotic, sometimes painful, sometimes contradictory, but they come from…
There are many lesbians and gay men trapped by their fear into silence and invisibility, and they exist in a…
Art is not living. It is a use of living. The artist has the ability to take that living and…

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I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or… — J. J. Abrams
The School Energy Crisis Relief Act authorizes the Secretary of Energy to issue energy assistance grants to help the poorest… — Joe Baca
I'm working for the women in the world, today; that's my essential issue. — Michelle Bachelet
When migraines briefly became a campaign issue for me, it appeared that political foes were maybe playing the gender card. — Michele Bachmann
While I am reluctant to cite sexism as a political issue, sexism certainly can exist. — Michele Bachmann
I think it's best if there's an amendment that goes on the ballot where the people can weigh in. Every… — Michele Bachmann
The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the… — Lord Acton
Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it.… — Michael Badnarik
The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that… — Mahmoud Abbas
But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him.… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory.… — Evan Bayh
It's never been an issue for me - I don't want to go on a diet, I don't want to… — Adele

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