Toni Morrison Quotes

I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons.

Toni Morrison

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PeopleBlackUnderstandingSmiling

I really do see the good in people, and I don't want to change that. That's really how I view things, so sometimes I'll look past a lot of huge red flags because I see something else in someone. Then, of course, it always comes back to haunt me in the long run.

Jennifer Morrison

ChangeGoodPastRedPeopleMe

It is a miracle of harmony, of the adaptation of the free inner life to the outward necessity of things.

John Crowe Ransom

LifeFreeHarmonyMiracleThings

It's nice to be in a creative world that's kind of isolated, but you can get led astray down some pathway while you're recording that you might not like later. And there's a lot of time to get in your own head and stay there.

Andrew Dost

TimeCreativeWorldYouDownNice

I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm sorry that I've done a Neil Diamond song.

Robert Wyatt

SongSorryDoneDislikeDiamondLot

In most specials, the performer's up - not only not surrounded, but up on a stage - and there's a distance between them and the audience, and I think my comedy doesn't work as well in that way.

Matt Besser

WorkThinkComedyDistanceWayUp

My son John was just under a year old when I collapsed with a life-threatening kidney disease. The shame and guilt resulting from my unplanned pregnancy had continued to fester to the point that my toxic feelings literally poisoned my body.

Mary Manin Morrissey

SonGuiltYearBodyFeelingsShame

The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.

Mike Krzyzewski

TruthPeopleTruth IsDecisionsKeep

I have a dog named Steve that lives at the studio.

Drake Bell

DogStudioLivesNamedSteve

I don't run outside, honestly. Sometimes I go out around my house, but mainly it's the stupid treadmill. I wish I had a better answer, but I'm very businesslike about my runs.

Drew Carey

StupidBetterWishHouseGoRun

Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better.

Christine Baranski

CharacterBetterGetting BetterMine

I sleep with my socks on sometimes.

Ashton Irwin

SleepSocksSometimes

I had been with the label since I was 21. The label wanted shiny pop but I didn't. I found a little independent and we've got all these great reviews in England and now it has gone gold.

Alison Moyet

GreatGoldNowIndependentGoneGot

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