I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
BELL HOOKSLife-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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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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You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.
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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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What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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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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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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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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