To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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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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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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Feminism is for everybody.
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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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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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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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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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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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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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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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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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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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