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In movies, there are some things the French do that Americans are increasingly incapable of doing. One is honoring the complexities of youth. It's a quiet, difficult undertaking, requiring subtlety in a filmmaker and perception and patience from us. ↗

— Wesley Morris

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I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous. ↗

— Edward Teller

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At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#becomes #enough #even #life #need

Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is. ↗

— Jim Morrison

#be yourself #each #especially #feel #feeling

It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it could be disastrous. It's like the throw of the dice. ↗

— Jim Morrison

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If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#confined #down #end #going #hold

I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, from the other person. I never absorbed that. I always thought that there was something deficient about such people. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#acts #always #deficient #exclusion #i

Make a difference about something other than yourselves. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#difference #make #make a difference #other #something

I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#comfort #help #i #i think #obviously

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers. ↗

— Toni Morrison

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