Toni Morrison Quotes

Schools must stop being holding pens to keep energetic young people off the job market and off the streets. We stretch puberty out a long, long time.

Toni Morrison

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TimeJobPeopleLongStopYoung

It does kids no favors, and sets them up for a potential lifetime of poor health and social embarrassment, to excuse them from family meals of real food. Everyone benefits from healthy eating, but it is particularly crucial at the beginning of life.

Andrew Weil

LifeFamilyHealthFoodBeginning

I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy.

John Oliver

PoliticalComedyAlwaysBeen

An attempt is already underway to revise history - to leave the impression that the former president had nothing to do with Watergate. But there is no doubt about his obstruction of justice after the Watergate break-in.

John J. Sirica

HistoryJusticeDoubtNothingLeave

I don't like knowing about other people's feelings. There is nothing more embarrassing. Just as when you play cards and you see your opponent's hand. You are sure to lose.

Jean Giraudoux

PeopleYouLoseFeelingsCardsPlay

The question that white people need to ask ourselves is not if we were shaped by the forces of racism, but how.

Robin DiAngelo

RacismPeopleWhiteQuestionNeed

The relentless pursuit of perfection has been my problem over the years. It's maybe held me back.

Ronnie O'Sullivan

PerfectionMeProblemBackOver

I've made movies that are real boy movies - but I've had so much fun over the years working with women and getting good performances with women and with strong female characters.

Michael Lehmann

GoodWomenFunStrongMoviesBoy

My childhood has never lost its mystery, and it has never lost its drama.

Louise Bourgeois

ChildhoodMysteryDramaLostNever

For me, Company is still the best way for me to work.

Derek Bailey

WorkBestMeWayCompanyStill

Our mandate at Nerdist is that we only get involved with nice people around things that we love. We have the luxury of being in the demographic that we're programming for.

Chris Hardwick

LovePeopleLuxuryNiceProgramming

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.

Arthur Schopenhauer

ArtReligionTrainingAnimalPeople

There are characters in movies who I call 'film characters.' They don't exist in real life. They exist to play out a scenario. They can be in fantastic films, but they are not real characters; what happens to them is not lifelike.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

LifePlayMoviesRealOutReal Life

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