Carol Lee Flinders quotes

“Feminism catches fire when it draws upon its inherent spirituality. When it does not, it is just one more form of politics, and politics never fed our deepest hungers.”
-- Carol Lee Flinders

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“The energy that can rise in real connection is the stuff of revolution.”
-- Carol Lee Flinders

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“Building cultures of peace is long-haul work, undramatic and unheralded, and often infinitely tedious, and most of the people doing it probably don't even think of themselves as practitioners of nonviolence. Maybe it's time they did.”
-- Carol Lee Flinders

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“I was years older than you when I became an ambassador for the first time. Remember that, Tycho? How did we get through that assignment, anyway?” “Pretty much, we opened fire on everyone who disagreed with us.” Wedge nodded and turned to his daughter. “When all else fails, just do that.”

“No matter how hot the fire burns, a Protea always survives”

“I’m glad mainstream culture is starting to catch up to where lesbian-feminism was 30 years ago.”

“I'm appalled that the word 'feminism' has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be revalued and reintroduced with power and understanding that this is a global picture. It isn't about us and them.”

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

“Feminism as a theoretical enterprise is approached differently by Black women depending on where we are. There are more reformist Black women who tend to use the phrase "Black feminism".”

“You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.”

“While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.”

“Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?”

Source : Michael A. Stackpole, Aaron Allston (2016). “The X-Wing Series: Star Wars Legends 10-Book Bundle: Rogue Squadron, Wedge's Gamble, The Krytos Trap, The Bacta War, Wraith Squadron ,Iron Fist, Solo Command, Isard's Revenge, Starfighters of Adumar, Mercy Kill”, p.1629, Del Rey

“The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.”