The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control. ― Bell Hooks

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Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering to become is in our own hands. ― bell hooks

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There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money

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To be a woman is a great adventure; To drive men mad is a heroic thing.

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I've never hit a woman in my life. Not even my own mother. ― W.C. Fields

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Entrepreneurs: See yourself as victorious- and the best way to be victorious is to be passionate. Find something you love doing! — Donald Trump

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If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go.

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Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape. ― Bell Hooks

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The less we love her when we woo her, The more we draw a woman in,

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It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading ― Mike Tyson

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