To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
BELL HOOKSThe practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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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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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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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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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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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.
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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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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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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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