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Quote by Toni Morrison
I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrou

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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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think. – Toni Morrison

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A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves — a special kind of double. – Toni Morrison

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There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people. – Toni Morrison

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If women have young children, they are one man away from welfare. – Gloria Steinem

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She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody calls good, and who are very severe on those who do not pretend to be good. – Gilbert Parker

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