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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
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Die Inspirational Language Life Live Measure
I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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House Place Writing
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
If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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Air Inspirational One Liner Ride Surrender
Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
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Angry Aware Love Presence Reality Worth
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
Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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Come Back Dead Deep Hurt Life
Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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Beautiful Women
Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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Action Book Change Knowledge Mind Political Reflection
You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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Freedom Inspirational Obligation Save
In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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Country White
The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
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Concept Enemy Men World
He wants to put his story next to hers.
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Couple Love Story Want
There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race – scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct, it has a social function, racism.
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Construction Function Human Race Racism Social
I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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Fall In Love Love One Liner Rose
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
There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
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Difficult Except Handle Inspirational Refuge
I don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.
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Children Need Parents Raise Thinking Village
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
Lonely was much better than alone.
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Alone Loneliness One Liner Sad
I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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Come Back Deep Dreams One Liner
A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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Dreams Fashion Nightmare
Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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Attitude Difference Fashion Motivational Passion Yourself
For me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
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Beautiful Black Lives Matter Complex Country History Impact Place
If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
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Black Lives Matter People Problem Racism Serious
You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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Alone Children Community Mother Raise Women Empowerment
Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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Couple Future Kindness Past Relationship

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