What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
BELL HOOKSClass is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.
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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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I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.
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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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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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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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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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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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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
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