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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.

Toni Morrison

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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Dreams Inspirational Position Power Thinking
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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Awake Door Misery Walk
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
All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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Allow Design Paradise People
When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.
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Children Look Room Walk
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
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
A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
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Kindness Ourselves Sister Special
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
Lonely was much better than alone.
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Alone Loneliness One Liner Sad
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
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
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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Difficult Distraction Game Theory World
Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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Deep Face Heart Inspirational One Liner Speak
Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
TONI MORRISON

Claim Freedom Ownership Yourself
I’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
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Book Dominant Life Spend Try White Writing

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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