Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
TONI MORRISONAs you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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What a woman. What a life.
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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Writing is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
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The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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