"I will not have my life narrowed down.……" — Bell Hooks
"I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance."
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251 Quotes by Bell Hooks
Bell Hooks has 251 quotes on this site.
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The moment we choose to love, we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love,…
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Because we have learned to believe negativity is more realistic, it appears more real than any positive voice.
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Self-love is the foundation of our loving practice. Without it our other efforts to love fail. Giving ourselves love we…
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The challenge these days, is to be somewhere, to belong to some particular place, invest oneself in it, draw strength…
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Stereotypes abound when there is distance. They are an invention, a pretense that one knows when the steps that would…
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All of us in the academy and in the culture as a whole are called to renew our minds if…
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I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that there is this sort of…
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People with healthy self-esteem do not need to create pretend identities.
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Loving friendships provide us with a space to experience the joy of community in a relationship where we learn to…
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I think the invitation offered the non-black reader is to join us in this expression of our familiarity and via…
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The capacity to love is tied to being able to be awake, to being able to move out of yourself…
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Professors rarely speak of the place of eros or the erotic in our classrooms. Trained in the philosophical context of…
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More Bow Quotes
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Every aspect of human technology has a dark side, including the bow and arrow.
— Margaret Atwood
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I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason.
— Mikhail Bakunin
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I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18…
— Orlando Bloom
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The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks…
— Eric Clapton
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About humility we speak with an analogy: When the branches are full of fruit, they just bow down.
— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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All our moments are last moments. We abide in the forever leaving of our own coming? We can put our…
— Jens Jensen
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Anyone who thinks we can continue to have world wars but make them nice polite affairs by outlawing this weapon…
— Joel Henry Hildebrand
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The bow is tactically strong at the commencement of battle, especially battles on a moor, as it is possible to…
— Miyamoto Musashi
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Here I and sorrows sit; Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it.
— William Shakespeare
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When you see contention amongst your enemies, go and sit at ease with your friends; but when you see them…
— Saadi
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I invite you to bow your head and quietly whisper the prayer that will change your eternity: Jesus I believe…
— Rick Warren
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