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 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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Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat. – Audre Lorde

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When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid. – Audre Lorde

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I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess. – Kenneth Robert Livingstone

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Im not sure I have the physical strength to undertake a novel. – Joan Didion

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Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nations civil rights history. – John Shimkus

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I was always trying to make up for my size, to compensate. So to get people to take you seriously, you have to come at things with a great deal of strength. You have to emphasize that the way you are is unusual. That you dont come along every day. – Linda Hunt

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Today, one year after their divorce, Pamela and Tommy Lee announced theyre getting back together. You know what that means? Theres still hope for Ike and Tina Turner. – Jay Leno

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Life is the flower for which love is the honey. – Victor Hugo

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We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being. – Deepak Chopra

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