All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
BELL HOOKSGiving 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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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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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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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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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 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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Feminism is for everybody.
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No black woman writer in this culture can write “too much”. Indeed, no woman writer can write “too much”. No woman has ever written enough.
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You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.
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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope.
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