Individuals who want to believe that there is no fulfillment in love, that true love does not exist, cling to these assumptions because this despair is actually easier to face than the reality that love is a real fact of life but is absent from their lives. ― bell hooks

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If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency. ― bell hooks

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I have wanted women whose very shoes are worth all I have ever possessed.

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As all advocates of feminist politics know most people do not understand sexism or if they do they think it is not a problem. Masses of people think that feminism is always and only about women seeking to be equal to men. And a huge majority of these folks think feminism is anti-male. Their misunderstanding of feminist politics reflects the reality that most folks learn about feminism from patriarchal mass media. ― Bell Hooks

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Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward. For there you have been, and there you will always long to return ― Leonardo da Vinci

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When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself. - Deng Xiaoping

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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.― bell hooks,

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I wanted to see what type of trees is growing in Marcy Projects, what type of water Jay Z was drinking. – DJ Khaled

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Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.

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I wanted so badly for there to be more. I ached for there to be more than my crappy little life.' He shakes his head. 'And there was more. I just couldn't see it. ― Patrick Ness

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