Audre Lorde Quotes
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.
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It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
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My favorite makeup look was for my 'Eyes Wide Open' video done by Torsten Witte. It was so dramatic and definitely captured the magic of the video.
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If the 2016 election is any indication, every four years, millions more Americans will continue backing away from their own parties to choose a third party instead.
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I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been.
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I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty.
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We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.
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What you need is one black dress I call Plan B. It doesn't have to be fabulous, it just looks good, covers up the problems and is neutral enough for dinner, business, a date, a funeral. You don't overwear it, you don't overwash it, because the Plan B is - gold.
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When a single author uploading his own books to Amazon can earn more money than a large N.Y. publisher exploiting both print and e-rights, there's something amiss.
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When I was a little kid, I used to watch with my brother when there was Macho Man and Hulk Hogan. But then I fell out of it for a few years.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life, I can never match his accomplishments.
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I don't want to be on the Internet.
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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I'm a choir girl gone horribly, desperately wrong.
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More often than not, the experience of shooting the movie has been disappointing and the end product has been a mere shadow of what I hoped it would be. But immersing myself in the story - that's what I like best of all.
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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In England I am not English, in India I am not Indian. I am chained to the 1,000 square miles that is Trinidad; but I will evade that fate yet.
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A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.
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Each director is different. Clint Eastwood and Chris Nolan are completely different, and I need to adjust to the story and character and the director and just my duty as an actor.
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I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.
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Madam, in God's presence I speak: I never delighted in the weeping of any of God's creatures; yea I can scarcely well abide the tears of my own boys whom my own hand corrects, much less can I rejoice in your Majesty's weeping.
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I didn't need to be speaker because I needed a fancy title or a big office. I wanted to be speaker so I could lead an effort to deal with the serious issues that are facing our country.
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A third of our food comes from pollinating plants.
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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.
