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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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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Sisters
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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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Money
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At some point in life the worlds beauty becomes enough. You dont need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. – Toni Morrison

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Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them. – Ovid

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Once we hit forty, women only have about four taste buds left: one for vodka, one for wine, one for cheese, and one for chocolate. – Gina Barreca

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Women being pitted each other another in Hollywood is an old tactic, but its not real at all. – Shirley MacLaine

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I love women more than anything. – Vin Diesel

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