There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
TONI MORRISONThere is an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.
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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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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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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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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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What a woman. What a life.
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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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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
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Misery don’t call ahead. That’s why you have to stay awake – otherwise it just walks on in your door.
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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