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.
BELL HOOKSI will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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Feminism is for everybody.
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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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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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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The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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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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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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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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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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