There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.
BELL HOOKSFeminism is for everybody.
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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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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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Justice demands integrity. It’s to have a moral universe – not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting.
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I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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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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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
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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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Feminism is for everybody.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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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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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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