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First Quotes by Bell Hooks
- I think the invitation offered the non-black reader is to join us in this expression of our familiarity and via that joining, come to understand…
- Choosing to be honest is the first step in the process of love. There is no practitioner of love who deceives. Once the choice has…
- The wounded heart learns self-love by first overcoming low self-esteem.
- Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to…
- I am passionate about everything in my life--first and foremost, passionate about ideas. And that's a dangerous person to be in this society, not just…
- When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
- The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in…
- It is necessary to remember, as we think critically about domination, that we all have the capacity to act in ways that oppress, dominate, wound…
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- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
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- It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take… — Emilie Autumn