Absence Quote by Bell Hooks Download Open image “Being oppressed means the absence of choices” — Bell Hooks ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Absence Choices Mean Oppressed
'Oppressed' is one of the terms that's very, very sellable and easily thrown around these days because everybody feels it, no matter what side… — David Draiman Copy Share Image
The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors. — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
A status not freely chosen or entered into by an individual or a group is necessarily one of oppression and the oppressed are by… — Lorraine Hansberry Copy Share Image
“The oppressed, as objects, as "things", have no purposes except those their oppressors prescribe for them.” — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
Oppression involves a failure of the imagination: the failure to imagine the full humanity of other human beings. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Individuals with greed for power see others as elements to be oppressed.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
A liberation movement that is nonviolent sets the oppressor free as well as the oppressed. — Barbara Deming Copy Share Image
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It is essential for the oppressed to realize that when they accept the struggle for humanization they also accept, from that moment, their total… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
Right now, for many Americans, class is being foregrounded like never before because of the economic situation. It doesn't mean that race doesn't matter,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Most folks believe we are hardwired biologically to long for sex but they do not believe we are hardwired to long for love. Almost… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“I feel enormously blessed to be a successful black woman writer in this culture, but I have found my small fame, such as it… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
It's interesting to look at all the aspects where everyday Americans, many of whom are not college educated, are thinking deeply now about our… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The true teacher is within us. A good teacher is someone who can help you to go back and touch the true teacher within,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Advancing the notion that there can be many "feminisms" has served the conservative and liberal political interests of women seeking status and privileged class… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
The work, the work, the work. This is what the business is all about. This is the fun, the glory, the pleasure. It's the… — Phil Dusenberry Copy Share Image
Total depravity means the entire absence of holiness, not the highest intensity of sin. A totally depraved man is not as bad as he… — William Greenough Thayer Shedd Copy Share Image
Local and state governments have outrun the federal government. The EPA has served notice that it will enact a rule requiring CO2 reductions by… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
There, in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening. — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is suggested that in domestic violence at least the presence or absence of a firearm, or of any other type of weapon, is… — Colin Greenwood Copy Share Image
The absence of God in most spheres of life is perceived to be normal, and even Christians feel it as normal - which is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“I was thinking how most people don't make you feel much of anything at all. Don't make you feel like time spent with them… — Jane Lotter Copy Share Image
Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict. — Deborah Tannen Copy Share Image
