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I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.

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No black woman writer in this culture can write “too much”. Indeed, no woman writer can write “too much”. No woman has ever written enough.
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Black Enough Indeed Women Writing
To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Commitment Investment Love 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
If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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Beloved Community Justice Stand
Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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Absence Choice Oppression
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
Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope.
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Change Hope Ideas Inspirational People
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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Beautiful Black Lives Matter Color Involvement Judgment Racism Skin Space Thinking
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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Believe Commitment Each Other Endurance Health Impossible Individual Relationship Sustain
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.
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Action Difficult Fall Love Responsiblity
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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Feeling Interactive Love Process
Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
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Each Other Love Meaning Relationship
Feminism is for everybody.
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Feminism One Liner
The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.
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Art Function Imagination Inspirational Possible
The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Oppression Privilege Rage
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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Commitment Love Possible

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.

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I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.

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