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.
BELL HOOKSLove is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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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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I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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Love is really more of an interactive process. It’s about what we do not just what we feel. It’s a verb, not a noun.
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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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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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Feminism is for everybody.
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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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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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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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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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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