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Toni Morrison Quotes

It's been mentioned or suggested that Paradise will not be well studied, because it's about this unimportant intellectual topic, which is religion.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: February 18, 1931

Topics

Religion Paradise Intellectual Will

Yes, but another writer I read in high school who just knocked me out was Theodore Dreiser. I read An American Tragedy all in one weekend and couldn't put it down - I locked myself in my room. Now that was antithetical to every other book I was reading at the time because Dreiser really had no style, but it was powerful.

Time Style Myself School Me Reading

I'm not technical. When I listen to music, I gravitate more toward the sonic aspect of it. The technical stuff of it, I get bored with it. These long solos? OK, already. You know your scales, big deal. I know it, too, but I don't want to do that.

Music Long You Know Want Listen

That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen.

Michael Harrington

Important Rhetoric Poor Old Things

I don't think the world is a particularly pleasant place.

World Think Place Pleasant

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.

Criticism Praise Two Sandwich Layers

In general, costumes are the first thing in life that let other people know who we are. They indicate who the person is without saying anything.

Life People Saying Person Know Who

If you're reading to find friends, you're in deep trouble.

Reading Deep Friends You Find

I wouldn't get nearly as many books written if I lived in New York. The Columbia Gorge is fantastic. When the sun shines, I just want to be outdoors.

Chuck Palahniuk

New York Sun Outdoors New Want Get

There are not many people that I respect more than rappers. I'm a huge fan of hip hop. It's incredible, one of the most influential things to me. It takes real genius to be able to do well. It's a very deep art form.

Respect Art People Me Deep Genius

I've been playing swing chords for a long time.

Time Long Long Time Swing Playing

Jimi Hendrix's music was escapism.

Music Escapism Hendrix

So it's the greatest compliment in the world when people want to hear you sing. That means it feels good to them, so I keep doing it.

Good People World Doing You Want

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