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As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.

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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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Break Issolation People Spirit Terrorism World
Feminism is for everybody.
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Feminism One Liner
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
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
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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Black Enough Indeed Women Writing
I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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Black Lives Matter People Self Esteem Serious
Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it’s not unfamiliar to you. It’s always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life.
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Death Life Moments Reality Time
What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
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Believe Important Inspirational
If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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Beloved Community Justice Stand
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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Civil Rights Country Justice Love Movement Social
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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Art Function Imagination Inspirational Possible
Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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Book Ideas Life Transformation
Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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Class Education Knowledge Money
Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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Care Combination Commitment Knowledge Love Respect Responsiblity Trust
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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Complex Demand Integrity Justice Moral Perspective Requirement Right Universe Weight Wrong
When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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Bond Commitment Couple Maintain Pain Relationship Response

As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.

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