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.
BELL HOOKSBeing oppressed means the absence of choices.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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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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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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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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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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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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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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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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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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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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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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