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Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests. – Audre Lorde

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But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black person and a White person loving each other in a racist society. – Audre Lorde

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Society
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I cant really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too? – Audre Lorde

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alone
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But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women. – Audre Lorde

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If a country doesnt recognize minority rights and human rights, including womens rights, you will not have the kind of stability and prosperity that is possible. – Hillary Clinton

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Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place. – Billy Crystal

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Being a lady is an attitude. – Chuck Woolery, Love Connection

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If you ask men why they did a good job, theyll say, Im awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking? If you ask women why they did a good job, what theyll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard. – Sheryl Sandberg

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Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave. – G. I. Gurdjieff

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Does the imam have a legal right to build the mosque at Ground Zero? The answer is yes. But is it the right thing to do? The answer is no. And most Americans, and most moderate Muslims, join with me in that call. – Kilari Anand Paul

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Humans live on one-quarter of what they eat; on the other three-quarters lives their doctor. – Author Unknown

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I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker. – Voltaire

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