Toni Morrison Quotes

Black people are victims of an enormous amount of violence. None of those things can take place without the complicity of the people who run the schools and the city.

Toni Morrison

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Going out on a stage publicly and not knowing how people are going to react to you - once I experienced that, it made me feel much more comfortable about going into a scene.

Joaquin Phoenix

PeopleMeFeelNot KnowingYouMore

I always fancied myself an outdoorsman, even though I'm a Jewish guy from the East Coast.

Michael Finkel

MyselfAlwaysJewishGuyEvenEast

The best thrill is standing on stage and playing - other than being married to my wife.

John Tesh

BestWifeStageStandingPlaying

Edinburgh is so cultural and such a beautiful place to walk around.

Rupert Friend

BeautifulWalkBeautiful PlacePlace

I never play as well without these guys; the best I have ever been creatively has been with Pearl Jam.

Mike McCready

BestPlayNeverWithoutWellBeen

I tend to a lot of improvisational ranting, and that's fun. For me, stand-up has been, performance-wise, a really good outlet.

Michael Showalter

GoodFunMeBeenOutletReally

I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school.

Chris Hardwick

SchoolHigh SchoolChessHighUp

Records became much cruder in the last 20 years. Let's put it that way.

Art Garfunkel

WayYearsLastRecordsMuchPut

My parents' generation's benchmark was simple: Fat Equals Bad.

Arabella Weir

SimpleParentsGenerationFatBad

I cry at everything, even the length of the queue at Sainsbury's.

Arabella Weir

CryEverythingEvenLengthQueue

You're going to change the world? Well, go ahead and try. You'll give it up at a certain point and change yourself instead.

Philip Johnson

ChangeChange The WorldYourselfYou

With any new medium, the full power is only unearthed with experimentation.

Sebastian Thrun

PowerNewOnlyFullExperimentation

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