Quote by Audre Lorde
In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference i

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

Other quotes by Audre Lorde

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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Failure
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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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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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Women
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work
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These days Im mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese – which means my friends. – Ang Lee

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work

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest. – Dylan Thomas

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work

You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work. – Paul McCartney

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work

A treatment method or an educational method that will work for one child may not work for another child. The one common denominator for all of the young children is that early intervention does work, and it seems to improve the prognosis. – Temple Grandin

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work

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The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles? – John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson, 1815 June 20th

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As to the Seven Deadly Sins, I deplore Pride, Wrath, Lust, Envy and Greed. Gluttony and Sloth I pretty much plan my day around. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The theory of undirected evolution is already dead, but the work of science continues. – Michael Behe

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If this validates anything, its that learning how to bunt and hit and run and turning two is more important than knowing where to find the little red light at the dug out camera. – Ryne Sandberg

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