"No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough."

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Bell Hooks

#Women Quotes #Writing Quotes #Black Quotes

“Above all, we must understand that in leaving the toxic ways of the present we are healing ourselves, our places, and our planet. We rebel not as a last act of desperation but as a first act of creation.”
“Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant.”
“He suddenly opened his eyes and looked at everyone in the room. It was a terrible gaze, mad or maybe furious and full of fear of death... Then something incomprehensible and frightening happened. ... He suddenly lifted his left hand as though he were pointing to something above and bringing down a curse on us all. ... The next moment, after a final effort, the spirit wrenched itself free of the flesh.”
“I really want to do more mature, artistic, twisted, edgy films. That is my goal.”
“Never interrupt your opponent when he's destroying himself.”

Source : "New Day" with Chris Cuomo, edition.cnn.com. August 17, 2016.
“You only have one thing to sell in life, and that's yourself.”
“Im always thinking about what I might want to do next, but theres still things I want to do with Powerpuff - so I can keep going with this one for awhile.”
“Nothing is sacred to a gamester.”

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