Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.
BELL HOOKSEvery terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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Feminism is for everybody.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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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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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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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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We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they’re beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved.
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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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A major part of love is commitment. If we are committed to someone, if I’m committed to loving you, then it’s not possible for me to fall out of love.
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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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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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