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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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Cancer Feminism Struggle Women
I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
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Book Country Love Writing
Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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Break Issolation People Spirit Terrorism World
If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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Beloved Community Justice Stand
Forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
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Account Believe Capacity Compassion Forgiveness Humanity Time Transfomation Wrong
I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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Children Different Experience Life People
Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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Dialogue Foundation Honesty Insight Open Minded
The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.
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Civil Rights Country Justice Love Movement Social
The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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Commitment Life Love People
Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it’s not unfamiliar to you. It’s always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life.
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Death Life Moments Reality Time
There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death.
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Act Death Life Violence
When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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Bond Commitment Couple Maintain Pain Relationship Response
All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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Commitment Fall Men Problem
Living simply makes loving simple.
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Live Love Minimalism One Liner Simplicity
The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Oppression Privilege Rage
Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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Genuine Gratitude Instant Love Need Rare Space

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