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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More Bell Hooks Quotes
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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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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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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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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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If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.
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Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.
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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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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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