Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
BELL HOOKSOnce you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
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A major part of love is commitment. If we are committed to someone, if I’m committed to loving you, then it’s not possible for me to fall out of love.
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Love is really more of an interactive process. It’s about what we do not just what we feel. It’s a verb, not a noun.
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We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they’re beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved.
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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.
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Feminism is for everybody.
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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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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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I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship.
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