Top 67 Quotes by Bell Hooks

About Bell Hooks

These are some quotes by American author Bell Hooks Critic, who was born on September 25, 1952.

The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.

The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.

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Blacks who lack a proper killing rage are merely victims.

Blacks who lack a proper killing rage are merely victims.

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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.

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

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

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I don't think you can hate anything that you know intimately. There is no fine line separating love from hate because there's a deep chasm separating love from hate.

I don't think you can hate anything that you know intimately. There is no fine line separating love from hate because there's a deep chasm separating love from hate.

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You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.

You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.

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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.

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In general, the mass media tell us that black people are not loving, that our lives are so fraught with violence and aggression that we have no time to love.

In general, the mass media tell us that black people are not loving, that our lives are so fraught with violence and aggression that we have no time to love.

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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.

All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.

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An often-repeated assertion in the body of film criticism I have written is the assertion that movies do not just mirror the culture of any given time; they also create it.

An often-repeated assertion in the body of film criticism I have written is the assertion that movies do not just mirror the culture of any given time; they also create it.

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