Quote by Audre Lorde
When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of

When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. – Audre Lorde

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I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. Weve been taught that silence would save us, but it wont. – Audre Lorde

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Fear
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Theres always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself – whether its Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. – because thats the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else. – Audre Lorde

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teacher
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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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Truth
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I love the music of Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu and more recently the music of Laura Marling. All these women share a strength and a wisdom in their voices and music that really makes me want to make music and sing. – Lianne La Havas

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strength

Chicagos neighborhoods have always been this citys greatest strength. – Jane Byrne

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strength

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. – Ernest Hemingway

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strength

Our strength is often composed of the weakness that were damned if were going to show. – Mignon McLaughlin

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strength

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I think intelligence is totally subjective its like sexiness. – David Fincher

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Intelligence

Israel was not created in order to disappear – Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom. – John F. Kennedy

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Freedom

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. – Harriet Braiker

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Perfection

A saint addicted to excessive self-abnegation is a dangerous associate; he may infect you with poverty, and a stiffening of those joints which are needed for advancement — in a word, with more renunciation than you care for — and so you flee the contagion. – Victor Hugo

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Saint, Saints