Toni Morrison Quotes

I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, from the other person. I never absorbed that. I always thought that there was something deficient about such people.

Toni Morrison

Recitation: by Male by Female

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PeopleThoughtPersonInsultNever

Traditional Anglicans - whether in Nigeria or Nottingham - have been wary, at best, of the acceptance and welcome given to gay men and women and their sexual choices by secular society.

Michael Gove

WomenBestMenAcceptanceWelcome

Hell is a half-filled auditorium.

Robert Frost

HellHell IsAuditorium

My wife makes fun of me by calling me a grandpa because I have very little patience for inconsiderate children. So if we're walking in the mall, and some kid goes by really fast on a skateboard, I become the grumpiest eighty-five-year-old man in the world and start screaming at them.

Rob McClure

PatienceChildrenWifeManFunMe

The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society.

Roy Jenkins

SocietyBetterDirtyBecomeBeen

Looking at my own prom photograph reminds me of how significant that moment was - and how fleeting life is.

Mary Ellen Mark

LifeMomentMeLookingMy OwnOwn

Mutual forbearance and reciprocal concessions: thro' their agency the Union was established - the patriotic spirit from which they emanated will forever sustain it.

Martin Van Buren

WillSpiritForeverUnionAgency

Antioxidants are completely useless.

Michael Specter

Useless

That's who my mom is. She's a listener and a doer. She's a woman driven by compassion, by faith, by a fierce sense of justice and a heart full of love. So, this November, I'm voting for a woman who is my role model, as a mother, and as an advocate. A woman who has spent her entire life fighting for families and children.

Chelsea Clinton

LifeLoveMotherFaithChildrenMom

Even if you are genuinely interested in what is in your products, it is extremely difficult and often impossible to find out.

Christien Meindertsma

ImpossibleYouFindDifficultOut

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us.

Arthur Schopenhauer

FaceFirstImpressionUsEncounter

The biggest misconception about Black Lives Matter is that BLM is just one entity; Black Lives Matter is an organization and a network. We are a part of the movement, but we are not the movement.

Alicia Garza

OrganizationBlackMatterMovement

If I'm proud of one thing in my playing, it's being able to slow it down and focus on the melody.

Synyster Gates

FocusProudSlowDownPlayingBeing

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