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Bell Hooks Quotes

Widespread cultural acceptance of lying is a primary reason many of us will never know love Picture Quote #1

Trusting that another person always intends your good, having a core foundation of loving practice, cannot exist within a context of deception Picture Quote #1

Lying has become so much the accepted norm that people lie even when it would be simpler to tell the truth Picture Quote #1

Knowing love or the hope of knowing love is the anchor that keeps us from falling into that sea of despair Picture Quote #1

The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control Picture Quote #1

Those who choose to walk on love's path are well served if they have a guide. That guide can enable us to overcome fear if we trust that they will not lead us astray or abandon us along the way Picture Quote #1

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Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

All backwoods folks were poor by material standards; they knew how to make do. They were not wanting to tame the wildness, in themselves or nature Picture Quote #1

Spirits bring contentment for a time carry us closer to the sacred moving through bitterness our yearning to hold on to moments of ecstasy where we imagine we hear clearly destiny calling Picture Quote #1

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women. When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women Picture Quote #1

I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my nest and not move. I travel in my mind, and that that's a rigorous state of journeying for me. My body isn't that interested in moving from place to place Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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

The world demands that you work for it, make families, provide, take no time to listen to your own heart beating Picture Quote #1

One of the things I find most exciting is talking with people who are working with my work. Who are using it in some way with their life to address everyday politics of meaning Picture Quote #1

I think stress is anything going on in our lives that impinges on our capacity to have optimum well being Picture Quote #1

I’m tired of the naked, raped, beaten black woman body. I want to see an image of black femaleness that alters our universe in some way Picture Quote #1

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Yearning is the word that best describes a common psychological state shared by many of us, cutting across boundaries of race, class, gender, and sexual practice Picture Quote #1

Sexism has always been a political stance mediating social domination, enabling white men and black men to share a common sensibility about sex roles and the importance of male domination Picture Quote #1

I’m so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women, or black students behave as though they can only read blacks, or white students behave as though they can only identify with a white writer Picture Quote #1

Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good art, and I think this has been a very negative thing. I know that I have wanted very much to write books that are accessible to the widest audience possible Picture Quote #1

Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the notion that if you create some magical art, somehow that exempts you from having to pay attention to the small things Picture Quote #1

Secrets find a way out in sleep... It is the place where there is no pretense Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply Picture Quote #1

I’ve written 18 books, mostly dealing with issues of social justice, ending racism, feminism, and cultural criticism Picture Quote #1

When we only name the problem, when we state complaint without a constructive focus or resolution, we take hope away. In this way critique can become merely an expression of profound cynicism, which then works to sustain dominator culture 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

You are not going to destroy this imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy by creating your own version of it Picture Quote #1

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Widespread cultural acceptance of lying is a primary reason many of us will never know love (Bell Hooks Quotes) Trusting that another person always intends your good, having a core foundation of loving practice, cannot exist within a context of deception (Bell Hooks Quotes) Lying has become so much the accepted norm that people lie even when it would be simpler to tell the truth (Bell Hooks Quotes) Knowing love or the hope of knowing love is the anchor that keeps us from falling into that sea of despair (Bell Hooks Quotes) The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control (Bell Hooks Quotes) Those who choose to walk on love's path are well served if they have a guide. That guide can enable us to overcome fear if we trust that they will not lead us astray or abandon us along the way (Bell Hooks Quotes) Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource (Bell Hooks Quotes) 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 (Bell Hooks Quotes) All backwoods folks were poor by material standards; they knew how to make do. They were not wanting to tame the wildness, in themselves or nature (Bell Hooks Quotes) Spirits bring contentment for a time carry us closer to the sacred moving through bitterness our yearning to hold on to moments of ecstasy where we imagine we hear clearly destiny calling (Bell Hooks Quotes) No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women. When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women (Bell Hooks Quotes) I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my nest and not move. I travel in my mind, and that that's a rigorous state of journeying for me. My body isn't that interested in moving from place to place (Bell Hooks Quotes) 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 (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) The world demands that you work for it, make families, provide, take no time to listen to your own heart beating (Bell Hooks Quotes) One of the things I find most exciting is talking with people who are working with my work. Who are using it in some way with their life to address everyday politics of meaning (Bell Hooks Quotes) I think stress is anything going on in our lives that impinges on our capacity to have optimum well being (Bell Hooks Quotes) I’m tired of the naked, raped, beaten black woman body. I want to see an image of black femaleness that alters our universe in some way (Bell Hooks Quotes) Yearning is the word that best describes a common psychological state shared by many of us, cutting across boundaries of race, class, gender, and sexual practice (Bell Hooks Quotes) Sexism has always been a political stance mediating social domination, enabling white men and black men to share a common sensibility about sex roles and the importance of male domination (Bell Hooks Quotes) I’m so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women, or black students behave as though they can only read blacks, or white students behave as though they can only identify with a white writer (Bell Hooks Quotes) Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good art, and I think this has been a very negative thing. I know that I have wanted very much to write books that are accessible to the widest audience possible (Bell Hooks Quotes) Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the notion that if you create some magical art, somehow that exempts you from having to pay attention to the small things (Bell Hooks Quotes) Secrets find a way out in sleep... It is the place where there is no pretense (Bell Hooks Quotes) 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 (Bell Hooks Quotes) I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply (Bell Hooks Quotes) I’ve written 18 books, mostly dealing with issues of social justice, ending racism, feminism, and cultural criticism (Bell Hooks Quotes) When we only name the problem, when we state complaint without a constructive focus or resolution, we take hope away. In this way critique can become merely an expression of profound cynicism, which then works to sustain dominator culture (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) You are not going to destroy this imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy by creating your own version of it (Bell Hooks Quotes)

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