"I really think the range of emotions and perceptions I have had access to as a black person and as a female person are greater than those of people who are neither.... So it seems to me that my world did not shrink because I was a black female writer. It just got bigger."

-- Toni Morrison

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Perception Quotes

“I feel it's important to point out that I've earned my humility by being a jackass - like, I trip and fall on my face and say, "Oh, right. Don't think you're a big shot, because you've got a bloody nose now." So it's hard to say.”
“We're a road team. We're the Pittsburgh Steelers. We have fans everywhere.”
“The profuse phallic symbolism of chess provides some fantasy gratification of the homosexual wish, particularly the desire for mutual masturbation.”

Source : Reuben Fine (1967). “The psychology of the chess player”
“I wanted to be considered a good craftsman. I wanted my dresses to be constructed like buildings, molded to the curves of the female form, stylizing its shape.”

Source : "The Master Of The Haute Couture's Museum", Balenciaga Museum, June 6, 2011.
“Never run more than 3 hours straight in training, whether your marathon best is 2:42 or 4:24.”
“Ursan flourished the knife, threatening me. "Talk, or I'll start cutting off body parts." "Yours? Or mine?" I kept my voice steady despite my insides twisting into goo. "It's an important distinction.”
“Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.”
“It's not about whether you are innocent or guilty. It's about whether or not you can prove you're innocent. If you can't prove you're innocent, then you're considered guilty. It's been flipped: Now it's guilty until proven innocent.”

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