"In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate."

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Toni Morrison

#Inspirational Quotes #Country Quotes #Mean Quotes

“that when given the opportunity, many honest people will cheat.”
“Teaching is a strategic act of engagement.”
“In the pressure cooker of a TV show, itâ€™s a little bit of a witchesâ€™ brew. I completely think Iâ€™m capable of being crazy. I probably was crazy when I was doingÂ 'The Simpsons'.”
“The answer to our prayer may be the echo of our resolve.”
“It is better to live presently. By living thus, perhaps we can learn to understand the nature of this fragile coexistence we share with the world around us.”
“I was raised on Josh White, the Weavers and Pete Seeger. The music was everywhere. You'd go to a party at somebody's apartment and there would be fifty people there, singing well into the night.”
“You can do anything, literally, right? That's one of the exciting possibilities of the present.”
“I have low self-esteem and I always have. Guys always cheated on me with women who were European-looking. You know, the long-hair type. Really beautiful women that left me thinking, 'How I can I compete with that?' Being a regular black girl wasn't good enough.”

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