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Inspirational Quotes by Audre Lorde
- Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
- Silence has never brought us anything of worth.
- If you can't change reality, change your perceptions of it.
- What I leave behind has a life of its own.
- There is no Hierarchy of Oppressions
- Anger is loaded with information and energy.
- We're supposed to see "universal" love as heterosexual. What I insist upon in my work is that there is no such thing as universal love…
- Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one's own actions or lack of action.
- I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
- You will never be able to defend your city while shouting.
- I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there
- I was going to die, if not sooner, then later, whether or not I had ever spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your…
- I do not want to be tolerated, or misnamed. I want to be recognized.
- You are the one that you are looking for.
- For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
- To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged mediocrity of our society
- We are powerful because we have survived
- Say what you have to say now! Don't wait until you're sending blips from the other side.
- So it is better to speak, remembering we were never meant to survive.
- Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
- We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
- It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
- I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at…
- Our visions begin with our desires.
- I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento