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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

Toni Morrison

If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
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Book Writing
Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.
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Man People Safe Stupidity Violence Weakness Wicked
Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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Attitude Difference Fashion Motivational Passion Yourself
Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.
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Knowledge Language Limitation Oppressive Represent Violence
Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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Come Back Dead Deep Hurt Life
Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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Deep Face Heart Inspirational One Liner Speak
In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
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Artist Choose Silence Time Work
What a woman. What a life.
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Life Woman
I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
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Comfortable Help Talent Teaching Writing
If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
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Book Reading Want
Racism will disappear when it’s no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it’ll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.
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Disappear Happen Money People Profit Psychology Racism
But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
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Die Dreamer Dreams Finding Truth World
To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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Choose Freedom Love Permission Place
Lonely was much better than alone.
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Alone Loneliness One Liner Sad
It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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Circle Cry Loud Sad Sorrow
Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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Claim Freedom Ownership Yourself

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