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Toni Morrison Quotes: A son ain't what a woman say. A son is what a man do.
         

A son ain't what a woman say. A son is what a man do.


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I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer - its dust and lowering skies.

I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer - its dust and lowering skies.



If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.

If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.



The function of freedom is to free someone else.

The function of freedom is to free someone else.



Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.

Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.



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.

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.



There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.

There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.



If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.



In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.

In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.



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

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



Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.

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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Challenges are lessons to be learned, then overcome.

Challenges are lessons to be learned, then overcome.



When after many battles past Both tir'd with blows make peace at last What is it after all the people get? Why! taxes widows wooden legs and debt.

When after many battles past Both tir'd with blows make peace at last What is it after all the people get? Why! taxes widows wooden legs and debt.



I play- it's kind of like a slice-of-life, LA women in their forties, playing forty kind of what's their friendship like, and what's their life like and so I just play one of the four friends.

I play- it's kind of like a slice-of-life, LA women in their forties, playing forty kind of what's their friendship like, and what's their life like and so I just play one of the four friends.



The criticism is, once I get something flying, I lose interest in it.

The criticism is, once I get something flying, I lose interest in it.



Always, beneath every apparent chaos, order waits to be revealed.

Always, beneath every apparent chaos, order waits to be revealed.



It is kind of hard to figure out who you are when you've lost your job at age 13, when that was basically how you identified yourself.

It is kind of hard to figure out who you are when you've lost your job at age 13, when that was basically how you identified yourself.



I've actually rented Bjork's swan dress. I know that's kind of recycling, but I saw An Inconvenient Truth.

I've actually rented Bjork's swan dress. I know that's kind of recycling, but I saw An Inconvenient Truth.



A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest ... because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her.

A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest ... because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her.




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