Widespread cultural acceptance of lying is a primary reason many of us will never know love. - bell hooks
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Widespread cultural acceptance of lying is a primary reason many of us will never know love.
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bell hooks
bell hooks (born Gloria Jean Watkins; September 25, 1952 – December 15, 2021), was an American university professor specializing in social criticism focused on groups distinguished by established differences in social power.
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