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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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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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Believe Commitment Each Other Endurance Health Impossible Individual Relationship Sustain
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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Destroy Existence Human Nature People Power Recognize See
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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Education Feminism Ideas Movement Understand
I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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Black Lives Matter People Self Esteem Serious
There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death.
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Act Death Life Violence
Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
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Each Other Love Meaning Relationship
I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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Children Different Experience Life People
Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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Absence Choice Oppression
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 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
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
Forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
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Account Believe Capacity Compassion Forgiveness Humanity Time Transfomation Wrong
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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Book Delicious Divine Ideas Passion Reading Rule Time Truth Wonderful
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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Feeling Interactive Love Process
The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Oppression Privilege Rage
If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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Beloved Community Justice Stand

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