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- Professors rarely speak of the place of eros or the erotic in our classrooms. Trained in the philosophical context of Western metaphysical dualism, many of…
- Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is oppressive not because white folks have prejudicial feelings about blacks (they…
- The wounded child inside many females is a girl who was taught from early childhood on that she must become something other than herself, deny…
- Widespread cultural acceptance of lying is a primary reason many of us will never know love
- Like many white liberals, Ken sees the whiteness of his social life as more an accident of circumstance than a choice. He would welcome greater…
- Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to…
- 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…
- Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by…
- I always tell my students that Malcolm X came both to his spirituality and to his consciousness as a thinker when he had solitude to…
- I still think it's important for people to have a sharp, ongoing critique of marriage in patriarchal society — because once you marry within a…
- Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified. To know love we have to invest time and commitment...'dreaming that love will…
- Individual heterosexual women came to the movement from relationships where men were cruel, unkind, violent, unfaithful. Many of these men were radical thinkers who participated…
- It is obvious that many women have appropriated feminism to serve their own ends, especially those white women who have been at the forefront of…
- They wanted black women to conform to the gender norms set by white society. They wanted to be recognized as 'men,' as patriarchs, by other…
- In patriarchal culture men are especially inclined to see love as something they should receive without expending effort. More often than not they do not…
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- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Second, we have to make the most of the strengths we have, the amenities that many of our competitors cannot replicate. But… — Gerard Arpey
- The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
- Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind… — Mary Kay Ash
- So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the… — Mary Kay Ash
- In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources… — Julian Assange
- The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely… — Rowan Atkinson
- But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness… — Rowan Atkinson
- I'm not a collector. I don't like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate. — Rowan Atkinson