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.
BELL HOOKSWhen we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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 think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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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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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
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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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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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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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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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