All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
BELL HOOKSI think the Women’s movement has had a major impact on everybody’s lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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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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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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Forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
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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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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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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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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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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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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.
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