Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope.
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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There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.
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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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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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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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It’s in the act of having to do things that you don’t want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.
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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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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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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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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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