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.
BELL HOOKSI feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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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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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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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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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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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
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When 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.
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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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As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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