To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
BELL HOOKSThe rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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Feminism is for everybody.
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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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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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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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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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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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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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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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Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.
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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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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 people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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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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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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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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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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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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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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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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