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Quote by Audre Lorde
When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, wome

When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture. – Audre Lorde

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I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell. – Audre Lorde

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In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction. – Audre Lorde

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work
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The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower. – Audre Lorde

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If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious. – Alphonse Karr

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Look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man and work like a dog. – Caroline K. Simon

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Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them. – Ovid

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Were there no women, men might live like gods. – Thomas Dekker

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