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Bell Hooks Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

Whether or not any of us become racists is a choice we make. And we are called to choose again and again where we stand on the issue of racism at different moments in our life Picture Quote #1

To be loving we willingly hear each other's truth and, most important, we affirm the value of truth telling. Lies may make people feel better, but they do not help them to know love Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment Picture Quote #1

Our hearts connect with lots of folks in a lifetime but most of us will go to our graves with no experience of true love Picture Quote #1

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If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue Picture Quote #1

If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege Picture Quote #1

The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is - it's to imagine what is possible Picture Quote #1

One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone Picture Quote #1

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance Picture Quote #1

Because we have learned to believe negativity is more realistic, it appears more real than any positive voice Picture Quote #1

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And I was already on my way to being a true freak because I knew I would always choose to go where my blood beats, in any and all directions Picture Quote #1

For me, 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? Picture Quote #1

What's really sad is that so many young women between the ages of 16 and 25 are ignorant and they already believe that women get the same pay as men. They don't even really understand that equality hasn't happened with the pay force Picture Quote #1

Sadly, children’s passion for thinking often ends when they encounter a world that seeks to educate them for conformity and obedience only Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Few people who are hit once by someone they love respond in the way they might to a singular physical assault by a stranger Picture Quote #1

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Writing and the hope of writing pulls me back from the edges of despair. I believe insanity and despair are at times one and the same Picture Quote #1

I think the number one thing black women and all black people should be paying attention to is our health Picture Quote #1

Most gay men are as sexist in their thinking as are heterosexuals. Their patriarchal thinking leads them to construct paradigms of desirable sexual behaviour that is similar to that of patriarchal straight men Picture Quote #1

Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other Picture Quote #1

What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe Picture Quote #1

Imagine living in a world where there is no domination, where females and males are not alike or even always equal, but where a vision of mutuality is the ethos shaping our interaction Picture Quote #1

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Within a capitalist consumer society, the cult of personality has the power to subsume ideas, to make the person, the personality into the product and not the work itself Picture Quote #1

As we search as a nation for constructive ways to challenge racism and white supremacy, it is absolutely essential that progressive female voices gain a hearing Picture Quote #1

Since we live in a society that promotes faddism and temporary superficial adaptation of different values, we are easily convinced that changes have occurred in arenas where there has been little or no change Picture Quote #1

To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality Picture Quote #1

Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what we know Picture Quote #1

Often girls feel deeply cared about as small children but then find as we develop willpower and independent thought that the world stops affirming us, that we are seen as unlovable Picture Quote #1

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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 (Bell Hooks Quotes) Whether or not any of us become racists is a choice we make. And we are called to choose again and again where we stand on the issue of racism at different moments in our life (Bell Hooks Quotes) To be loving we willingly hear each other's truth and, most important, we affirm the value of truth telling. Lies may make people feel better, but they do not help them to know love (Bell Hooks Quotes) 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 (Bell Hooks Quotes) When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment (Bell Hooks Quotes) Our hearts connect with lots of folks in a lifetime but most of us will go to our graves with no experience of true love (Bell Hooks Quotes) If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue (Bell Hooks Quotes) If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege (Bell Hooks Quotes) The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is - it's to imagine what is possible (Bell Hooks Quotes) One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone (Bell Hooks Quotes) I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance (Bell Hooks Quotes) Because we have learned to believe negativity is more realistic, it appears more real than any positive voice (Bell Hooks Quotes) And I was already on my way to being a true freak because I knew I would always choose to go where my blood beats, in any and all directions (Bell Hooks Quotes) For me, 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? (Bell Hooks Quotes) What's really sad is that so many young women between the ages of 16 and 25 are ignorant and they already believe that women get the same pay as men. They don't even really understand that equality hasn't happened with the pay force (Bell Hooks Quotes) Sadly, children’s passion for thinking often ends when they encounter a world that seeks to educate them for conformity and obedience only (Bell Hooks Quotes) 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 (Bell Hooks Quotes) Few people who are hit once by someone they love respond in the way they might to a singular physical assault by a stranger (Bell Hooks Quotes) Writing and the hope of writing pulls me back from the edges of despair. I believe insanity and despair are at times one and the same (Bell Hooks Quotes) I think the number one thing black women and all black people should be paying attention to is our health (Bell Hooks Quotes) Most gay men are as sexist in their thinking as are heterosexuals. Their patriarchal thinking leads them to construct paradigms of desirable sexual behaviour that is similar to that of patriarchal straight men (Bell Hooks Quotes) Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other (Bell Hooks Quotes) What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe (Bell Hooks Quotes) Imagine living in a world where there is no domination, where females and males are not alike or even always equal, but where a vision of mutuality is the ethos shaping our interaction (Bell Hooks Quotes) Within a capitalist consumer society, the cult of personality has the power to subsume ideas, to make the person, the personality into the product and not the work itself (Bell Hooks Quotes) As we search as a nation for constructive ways to challenge racism and white supremacy, it is absolutely essential that progressive female voices gain a hearing (Bell Hooks Quotes) Since we live in a society that promotes faddism and temporary superficial adaptation of different values, we are easily convinced that changes have occurred in arenas where there has been little or no change (Bell Hooks Quotes) To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality (Bell Hooks Quotes) Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what we know (Bell Hooks Quotes) Often girls feel deeply cared about as small children but then find as we develop willpower and independent thought that the world stops affirming us, that we are seen as unlovable (Bell Hooks Quotes)

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