About Toni Morrison

American novelist and Nobel laureate, author of Beloved. (1931-2019)

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• Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.Beloved (1987)
• We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.Nobel Lecture (December 7, 1993)
• Definitions belonged to the definers, not the defined.Beloved (1987)

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• We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.Jim Rohn
• If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.Jim Rohn
• Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.Napoleon Hill
• Most of us are good 'starters' but poor 'finishers' of everything we begin.Napoleon Hill
• Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.Dale Carnegie
• To learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.Stephen R. Covey

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