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Sarojini Nadar Quotes

born 1976 South Africa

Sarojini Nadar (born 6 February 1976) is a South African theologian and biblical scholar who is the Desmond Tutu Research Chair in Religion and Social Justice at the University of the Western Cape.

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You have to build your own confidence and you need to do what you are passionate about, that job you would still do even if you were not getting paid to do it.

I wake up at 4am every day; that is my work ethic. There are many things stacked against women in the workplace so we have to work doubly hard to prove ourselves.

I confronted the man who had abused me. He denied abusing me, so I took him to court.

I went to stay with an older sister who lived in better circumstances. Her son was only three years younger than me so I essentially became like a daughter in the house.

Equip yourself. I believe that knowledge is power. If you want to engage power and authority you need to equip yourself with knowledge. Don’t be ashamed of the knowledge that lives in your body. Equip yourself with book knowledge but also embodied knowledge.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sarojini Nadar (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.