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Bell Hooks Quote - The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.

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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I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
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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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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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Justice demands integrity. It’s to have a moral universe – not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting.
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Forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
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Account Believe Capacity Compassion Forgiveness Humanity Time Transfomation Wrong
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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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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Attention Bond Person Relationship Rescognize Rescouce Romantic
Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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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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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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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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Children Deal Life Self Love Sound
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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Believe Commitment Each Other Endurance Health Impossible Individual Relationship Sustain
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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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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A major part of love is commitment. If we are committed to someone, if I’m committed to loving you, then it’s not possible for me to fall out of love.
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I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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Feminism is for everybody.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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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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