"I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort."

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Toni Morrison

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Vision Quotes

“You must continue to go back to the beginning, to the foundation, and question the foundation. Even once youâ€˜ve reached Samadhi you must go back so you can create it at will. Samadhi is the beginning of spiritual growth, not the end. You must always be questioning. Enlightenment comes as an accident at first, then you have to learn to recreate it.”
“I carry a small sheet of paper in my wallet that has written on it the names of people whose opinions of me matter. To be on that list, you have to love me for my strengths and struggles.”
“On my wedding day. I didn't want a natural, blushing-bride look - I had a full-on hairdo and red lips. I thought it would be disingenuous to do the whole virginal look, so even though I had the white dress, I had pink net underneath.”
“The bending of men's hearts to believe and persevere are the supernatural fruits of God's eternal decree, and not the natural fruits of man's depraved and frail free will.”

Source : "An Exposition Upon the Epistle of Jude: Delivered in Christ-Church, London".
“The thing about chameleoning your way through life is that it gets to where nothing is real.”
“It's obvious that a lot of Tea Party members tend to be elderly. You've seen that famous sign, 'Tell the government to keep its hands off my Medicare.' And I think as long as the government does keep its hands off their Medicare, they're fine with talking about low taxes. But once they start to realize that the Republicans really do want to not just cut Medicare, but essentially abolish it, you know, I just think those people are not going to be part of the Tea Party. They're going to be over with Occupy Wall Street.”

Source : "Economic Malpractice and the Millennials". Interview with Bill Moyers, billmoyers.com. February 10, 2012.
“The risks of transporting deadly nuclear waste, the environmental justice impacts and the long-term health effects of both these projects are untenable...We cannot afford to be silent on these important issues.”
“Science has nothing to do with any dogma. Science ceases to exist when there is a dogma.”

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