I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.
BELL HOOKSFeminism is for everybody.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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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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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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Living simply makes loving simple.
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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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Justice demands integrity. It’s to have a moral universe – not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting.
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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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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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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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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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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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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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