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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.
Bell HooksBell Hooks Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
Bell HooksBell Hooks As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
Bell HooksBell Hooks There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.
Bell HooksBell Hooks All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
Bell HooksBell Hooks If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
Bell HooksBell Hooks If you do not know what you feel, then it is difficult to choose love; it is better to fall. Then you do not have to be responsible for your actions.
Bell HooksBell Hooks The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
Bell HooksBell Hooks The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
Bell HooksBell Hooks 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.
Bell HooksBell Hooks When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
Bell HooksBell Hooks If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.
Bell HooksBell Hooks The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.
Bell HooksBell Hooks To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
Bell HooksBell Hooks I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
Bell HooksBell Hooks Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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Sadness shoots a bullet straight at your heart and love buys you time.
Shelby CaudleShelby Caudle Do you think it possible that some people are born to give more love than they will ever get back in return?
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson It’s been a long time since we said goodbye and yet the echoes of it are still ringing in our ears.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt We can always walk with them in the rain instead of just lending an umbrella.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh Flowers only wither to bloom again. So shall you break, only to be whole again.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya What do you do when the passion burns out? Start another fire.
Jonny OxJonny Ox To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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Emma WatsonEmma Watson In study, like in sport, to win you need determination, commitment, and preparation.
Cristiano RonaldoCristiano Ronaldo Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!
Imam AliImam Ali Total commitment is a crucial quality for those who want to reach the very top of their profession.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamA. P. J. Abdul Kalam Commit as many mistakes as possible, remembering only one thing: don’t commit the same mistake again. And you will be growing.
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