Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
BELL HOOKSMy idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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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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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
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Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it’s not unfamiliar to you. It’s always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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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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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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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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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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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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