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Im so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can o

Im so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women, or black students behave as though they can only read blacks, or white students behave as though they can only identify with a white writer. – Bell Hooks

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

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Freedom
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I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and what that means for us in a world thats becoming increasingly xenophobic, tortured by fundamentalism and nationalism. – Bell Hooks

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Fear
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I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in their lives when they need to be alone and quiet and to be able to accept their aloneness. – Bell Hooks

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alone
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A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men. – Jessica Savitch

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Once we hit forty, women only have about four taste buds left: one for vodka, one for wine, one for cheese, and one for chocolate. – Gina Barreca

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I prefer the word homemaker, because housewife always implies that there may be a wife someplace else. – Bella Abzug

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My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr. King in the 60s, and hes very much for womens rights. – Tori Amos

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