Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
BELL HOOKSWhat we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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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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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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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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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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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
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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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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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