All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
BELL HOOKSTo know love we have to invest time and commitment.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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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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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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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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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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As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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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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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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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 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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I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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