I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
BELL HOOKSWhenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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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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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.
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I think the Women’s movement has had a major impact on everybody’s lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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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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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.
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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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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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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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