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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.

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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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Believe Commitment Each Other Endurance Health Impossible Individual Relationship Sustain
Patriarchy has no gender.
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Equality Feminism Gender One Liner
I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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Children Different Experience Life People
All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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Act Feminism Racism Silence
If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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Children Deal Life Self Love Sound
The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Oppression Privilege Rage
When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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Bond Commitment Couple Maintain Pain Relationship Response
The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Oppression Privilege Rage
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
To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Commitment Investment Love Time
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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Commitment Love Possible
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
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
Forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
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Account Believe Capacity Compassion Forgiveness Humanity Time Transfomation Wrong
Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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Absence Choice Oppression
Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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Book Ideas Life Transformation

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