I think the Women’s movement has had a major impact on everybody’s lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.
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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.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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I think the Women’s movement has had a major impact on everybody’s lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.
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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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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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No black woman writer in this culture can write “too much”. Indeed, no woman writer can write “too much”. No woman has ever written enough.
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If you do not know what you feel, then it is difficult to choose love; it is better to fall. Then you do not have to be responsible for your actions.
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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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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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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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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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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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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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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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