#k

It's possible to take that as a personal metaphor and then multiply it to a people, a race, a sex, a time. If we can keep this thing going long enough, if we can survive and teach what we know, we'll make it. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#going #keep #know #long #make

We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#becomes #been #black #consciously #each

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

Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got. ↗

— Sophia Loren

#fifty #fifty percent #got #people #percent

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

I'm a giraffe. I even walk like a giraffe with a long neck and legs. It's a pretty dumb animal, mind you. ↗

— Sophia Loren

#dumb #even #giraffe #i #legs

It's a mistake to think that once you're done with school you need never learn anything new. ↗

— Sophia Loren

#done #learn #mistake #need #never

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

— Sophia Loren

#full #life #mistakes #part #pays