Quote by Toni Morrison
Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I d

Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I dont mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes, which is nepotism, the old-boy network. – Toni Morrison

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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was. – Toni Morrison

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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war. – Toni Morrison

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I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes. – Toni Morrison

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Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that. – Imran Khan

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It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then. – Antonio Banderas

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You know, a lot of people are just interested in, in building a company so they can make money and get out. – Arthur Rock

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We all know how the size of sums of money appears to vary in a remarkable way according as they are being paid in or paid out. – Julian Huxley, Essays of a Biologist, 1923

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