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May Quotes by Toni Morrison
- Access to knowledge is the superb, the supreme act of truly great civilizations. Of all the institutions that purport to do this, free libraries stand…
- Tell us what it is to be a woman so that we may know what it is to be a man. What moves at the…
- I don't believe any real artists have ever been non-political. They may have been insensitive to this particular plight or insensitive to that, but they…
- Word-work is sublime... because it is generative; it makes meaning that secures our difference, our human difference-the way in which we are like no other…
- We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
- And talking about dark! You think dark is just one color, but it ain't. There're five or six kinds of black. Some silky, some woolly.…
- True the Black woman did the housework, the drudgery; true, she reared the children, often alone, but she did all of that while occupying a…
- For me, Art is the restoration of order. It may discuss all sort of terrible things, but there must be satisfaction at the end. A…
- The theme you choose may change or simply elude you, but being your own story means you can always choose the tone. It also means…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong