Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
BELL HOOKSSince loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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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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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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My 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.
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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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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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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 greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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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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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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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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