If you want to win forever, you've got to ALWAYS COMPETE.
There are lesbians, God knows. . . if you came up through lesbian circles in the forties and fifties in New York. . . who were not feminist and would not call themselves feminists.
African tradition deals with life as an experience to be lived. In many respects, it is much like the Eastern philosophies in that we see ourselves as a part of a life force; we are joined, for instance, to the air, to the earth. We are part of the whole-life process. We live in accordance with, in a kind of correspondence with the rest of the world as a whole. And therefore living becomes an experience, rather than a problem, no matter how bad or how painful it may be.
Oppression is as American as apple pie.
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. That the speaking profits me, beyond any other effect. . . . what I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?. . . Death on the other hand, is the final silence. . . my silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.
. . . my experience with people who tried to label me was that they usually did it to either dismiss me or use me.
. . . and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.
Lie to me by the moonlight. Do a fabulous story.
Why fear feedback? Why stigmatize failure in the workplace when it's bringing you closer to achieving your organizational goals.
I looked at the cards in my hand, the queen of hearts nestled between the king of clubs and the king of spades. No wonder she was smiling.
For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.