"Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do."

-- Toni Morrison

“You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.”
“I gravitate toward the team thing. I'm not a golfer - I much prefer basketball.”
“The things I do for love.”
“If a novelist has created vivid characters, interesting relationships, settings the reader can easily imagine, and intriguing stories, a screenwriter has loads to work with. The challenge comes with deciding what to cut and what to keep.”
“What happens when you're a child professional is that you have to be, well, professional. You're taught not to have tantrums, to always people-please.”
“I see so many little boys I wanna marry, I see plenty little kids I've yet to have.”

Source : "Song: 'Little Boys' ('Cripple Crow')". 2005.
“When we acknowledge the kingdom of the self, we will no longer accept slavery either for ourselves or for others, no matter how it is disguised.”
“My family life and my ideals, my commitment to the community and to other people - all people - has been improved. I think less about myself and more about my community today.”

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