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For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?

bell hooks

American Critic

Born: Sep 25, 1952

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Forgiveness, Time, Me, Humanity, People, Compassion, Believe, Enough, Touch, Remain, Wrongdoing, Always, How, Linked, Accountable, Same, Same Time, Hold, Transformed, Capacity

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