The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
BELL HOOKSThe political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.
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Feminism is for everybody.
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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 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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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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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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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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Living simply makes loving simple.
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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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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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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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