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.
BELL HOOKSThe function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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Feminism is for everybody.
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When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
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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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You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.
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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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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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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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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 think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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