Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
BELL HOOKSClass is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
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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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There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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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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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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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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When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.
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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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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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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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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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