bell hooks Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 25, 1952

Topics

FearPeopleEarthUsDropSurround

Usually, historically, nothing good comes out of relationships becoming more complicated!

Jeremy Podeswa

GoodComplicatedRelationshipsMore

We need, first of all, for there to be accountability, for there to be somebody who is responsible for enforcing standards and holding people's feet to the fire.

Jennifer Granholm

FirePeopleAccountabilityFeetNeed

The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not sustainable is not development.

Maurice Strong

IndiaMeetingDevelopmentPrimeFew

I had lost my way for some time, so I need to do things that I am happy with. It's not about being the number one heroine or money. It's about doing roles that I enjoy. My biggest ambition is happiness.

Sonam Kapoor

HappinessTimeMoneyI AmHappy

I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived.

Stokely Carmichael

TimeVotePrivilegeRightTried

I never grew up on Jodeci. I never grew up on things like that 'cause my dad was a preacher, and he kind of kept us away from music like that.

Tory Lanez

MusicKindNeverUpThingsUs

School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect so why bother.

Tre Cool

FutureSchoolPracticePerfectWhy

I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I thought I could make some money playing music.

Robby Krieger

MusicMoneyPeopleThoughtLearn

God has been with me in my whole career.

Ronald Isley

GodMeCareerWholeBeen

Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.

Mason Cooley

HumorBackLittleRescueUsMove

What is the secret of Stalin's unquestioned strength? He controls every wheel and screw of the party machine, which is the source of authority and power in the Soviet Union.

Louis Fischer

StrengthPowerPartyWheelAuthority

If you really think about it, when watching television, you have product placement all the time.

Jay Chiat

TimeThinkYouTelevisionWatching

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