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There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it's the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty, addiction, or state terrorism.

~Bell Hooks

Topics: Abuse Act Addiction Bodies Brings Child Child Abuse Closer Death Domestic Drink Every Extreme Food Found Life Life-Threatening Mundane No Life Our Poverty State Terrorism Toxic Us Violence Warfare Whether

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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.

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Topics: Able Before Children Deal Give Life Our Puts Self-Love Sound Them Whatever Will

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For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?

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Topics: Accountable Always Believe Capacity Compassion Enough Forgiveness Hold How Humanity Linked Me People Remain Same Same Time Time Touch Transformed Wrongdoing

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We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they're beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved.

~Bell Hooks

Topics: Basis Beautiful Color Converse Internet Involved Judge Like Looks None Skin Skin Color Somebody Space Things Think Those Whether You

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But love is really more of an interactive process. It's about what we do not just what we feel. It's a verb, not a noun.

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Topics: About Feel Interactive Just Love Love Is More Noun Process Really Verb

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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.

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Topics: About Art Attention Create Creative Creative People Genius Having Idea Magical Notion Pay Pay Attention People Small Small Things Some Somehow Things Thinking Whole Yesterday You

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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that's feminism.

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Topics: Better Breast Cancer Cancer Care Ever Face Feminism Struggle Than Whenever Women

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Live simply so that others may simply live.

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Topics: Live May Others Simply

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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 their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?

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Topics: Affirm Color Columbus Contemporary Dimensions Imperialist Legacy Male Many Men Patriarchy Refusal Thinkers Why

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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.

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Topics: Any Based Domination Society Supports Violence

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Critic

Born: September 25th, 1952

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