#is

Our visions begin with our desires. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#desires #our #visions

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

#am #becomes #dare #i #i am

There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#asking #because #black #dismiss #dyke

But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black person and a White person loving each other in a racist society. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#black #bored #each #get #hand

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

#color #create #culture #develop #experiences

After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. ↗

— Sophia Loren

#am #better #dues #explore #full

Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life. ↗

— Sophia Loren

#full #life #mistakes #part #pays

The best way to detoxify is to stop putting toxic things into the body and depend upon it's own mechanisms. ↗

— Andrew Weil

#best way #body #depend #into #mechanisms

Many people think they want things, but they don't really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough. ↗

— Sophia Loren

#believe #discipline #enough #get #i

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television. ↗

— Sophia Loren

#child #compared #except #facts #know