I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
BELL HOOKSClass is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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It’s in the act of having to do things that you don’t want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
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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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Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.
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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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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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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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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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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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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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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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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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