The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
BELL HOOKSSometimes 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.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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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 function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.
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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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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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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
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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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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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The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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