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Afraid is a country with no exit visas.


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It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.



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.

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.



There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.

There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.



Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.



When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.



If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.



I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.



Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.



I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.



If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.





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Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.



Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

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The basic proposal of the new education is to be that dunces and idlers must not be made to feel inferior to intelligent and industrious pupils. That would be 'undemocratic.

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Now if you go exactly where your competitors are, you're dead.




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