Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
BELL HOOKSI think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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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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There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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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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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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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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There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death.
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You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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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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