I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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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.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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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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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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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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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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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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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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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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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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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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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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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.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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