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Me Quotes by Audre Lorde
- Battling racism and battling heterosexism and battling apartheid share the same urgency inside me as battling cancer.
- I have always wanted to be both man and woman, to incorporate the strongest and richest parts of my mother and father within/into me -…
- 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 cannot afford to believe that freedom from intolerance is the right of only one particular group. And I cannot afford to choose between the…
- My fullest concentration of energy is available to me only when I integrate all the parts of who I am, openly, allowing power from particular…
- Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
- My anger has meant pain to me but it has also meant survival, and before I give it up I'm going to be sure that…
- If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.
- 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…
- Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part of myself away.
- My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made…
- What is there possibly left for us to be afraid of, after we have dealt face to face with death and not embraced it? Once…
- I know the anger lies inside of me like I know the beat of my heart and the taste of my spit. It is easier…
- If you come as softly As wind within the trees You may hear what I hear See what sorrow sees. If you come as lightly…
- Who I am is what fulfills me and fulfills the vision I have of the world.
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — 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
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale