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It’s in the act of having to do things that you don’t want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.

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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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Against Choice Choose Fear Love Separate
All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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Commitment Fall Men Problem
What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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Deep Imagination Inspirational
Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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Dialogue Foundation Honesty Insight Open Minded
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
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
Feminism is for everybody.
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Feminism One Liner
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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Destroy Existence Human Nature People Power Recognize See
Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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Class Education Knowledge Money
Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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Cancer Feminism Struggle Women
The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Oppression Privilege Rage
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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Education Feminism Ideas Movement Understand
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
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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Each Other Love Meaning Relationship
There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death.
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Act Death Life Violence
The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Oppression Privilege Rage

It’s in the act of having to do things that you don’t want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.

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It’s in the act of having to do things that you don’t want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.

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