Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
BELL HOOKSThe rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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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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The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.
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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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Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.
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When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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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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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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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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Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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