Quote by Bell Hooks
When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw neare

When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us. – Bell Hooks

Other quotes by Bell Hooks

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women… When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women. – Bell Hooks

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Women
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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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Women
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Im such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my nest and not move. I travel in my mind, and that thats a rigorous state of journeying for me. My body isnt that interested in moving from place to place. – Bell Hooks

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Travel
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Fear
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There is no fear before and no fear after. We give our best. – Rickie Lee Jones

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Fear

You dont have to do everything by the time youre 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. Its what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear. – Candace Bushnell

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Fear

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Fear

Let us banish fear. – Carter G. Woodson

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Fear

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