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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More Bell Hooks Quotes
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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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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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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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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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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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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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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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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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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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Feminism is for everybody.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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