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There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death.

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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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Creature Earth Fear Inspirational People Surround
No black woman writer in this culture can write “too much”. Indeed, no woman writer can write “too much”. No woman has ever written enough.
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Black Enough Indeed Women Writing
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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Believe Ignorance Inspirational Life Women Power
Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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Action Couple Feeling Love One Liner
One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
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Beyond Imagination Possible Reality Vision
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.
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Impact Movement Nation Women Empowerment World
Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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Class Education Knowledge Money
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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Attention Bond Person Relationship Rescognize Rescouce Romantic
The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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Commitment Life Love People
Patriarchy has no gender.
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Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope.
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Change Hope Ideas Inspirational People
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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I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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Art Belief Elegance Environment Grace Live Reflection
To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.
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