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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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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Oppression Privilege Rage
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.
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Death Life Moments Reality Time
Living simply makes loving simple.
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Live Love Minimalism One Liner Simplicity
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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Civil Rights Country Justice Love Movement Social
The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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Commitment Life Love People
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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Agency Beyond Existence Feeling Female Feminism Herself Power She Validation
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
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
Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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Cancer Feminism Struggle Women
The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
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Freedom Movement Politics Protection Society Speech
To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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Bond Love Relationship Romantic Task
Feminism is for everybody.
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Feminism One Liner
Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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Action Couple Feeling Love One Liner
To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Commitment Investment Love Time
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
I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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Black Lives Matter People Self Esteem Serious

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