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You know, the kind who know Jesus by His first name, but out of politeness never use it even to His face.


Toni Morrison

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TONI COLLETTE I'm a businesswoman who's serious about her money. I want an empire.
TONI BRAXTON How do you know which path you should take? Take one and it will tell you if you've chosen wisely. I...
TONI SORENSON Some of the most memorable paths I've taken have been detours.
TONI SORENSON Treasures are not found where many feet have trampled. They are found along the paths that no one el...
TONI SORENSON All paths eventually lead home.
TONI SORENSON It may seem that you are on the path alone, but the light that guides you is coming from somewhere. ...
TONI SORENSON How do you choose your paths? Who says you do? Sometimes the path chooses you.
TONI SORENSON Nature makes the best paths that leads to the best places.
TONI SORENSON ..And i can't get you out of my mind,
God knows how hard I've tried
TONI BRAXTON I think that the Japanese culture is one of the very few cultures left that is its own entity. They&...
TONI COLLETTE The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world.
TONI COLLETTE Actually, the year 2000 is our 25th anniversary of doing Captain & Tennille. I can't believe...
TONI TENNILLE I love holidays. It's such a wonderful time for the whole family to be together and not have to ...
TONI COLLETTE I think that beauty can injure you to death. It can cause an injury that can never be cured. Or it c...
TONI SERVILLO My fears teach me courage. My weaknesses coach me to strength. My scars remind me not to make the sa...
TONI SORENSON I can't record in the morning because I sound like Barry White.
TONI BRAXTON I grew up watching a lot of American television and so the American sound has been in my psyche some...
TONI COLLETTE Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it.
TONI BRAXTON Until you believe you can do it, it's going to be difficult to convince anyone else you can do it.
TONI SORENSON Weight loss doesn't begin in the gym with a dumb bell; it starts in your head with a decision.
TONI SORENSON I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog.
TONI BRAXTON I don't mind where I work, it's really nice to be able to travel around and taste the flavou...
TONI COLLETTE The secret is not following the right path, it's following that right path to the end. Don't quit, m...
TONI SORENSON The biggest surprise to people is that I sang background on Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' albu...
TONI TENNILLE Over the last three years I've been broke, dumped, and pimped.
TONI BRAXTON People are so fearful about opening themselves up. All you want to do is to be able to connect with ...
TONI COLLETTE Take a discovery walk today to find what's missing in your life. There's peace in the whisper of the...
TONI SORENSON Any woman can be a siren one minute and in pigtails the next. I am a very complex person with more t...
TONI TENNILLE It's the largest tropical storm we've ever had, ... It's engulfed the entire state. This is going to...
TONI JENNINGS I've never had a game plan. It's just if something comes along and it feels right in the mom...
TONI COLLETTE After 'Muriel's Wedding,' I first went to America, and I was sent all these scripts abou...
TONI COLLETTE Cameron and I actually do wear the same size, ... It made it very easy for the wardrobe department.
TONI COLLETTE Hello, sex on legs
TONI ALEO Discussions are ongoing, but we are not in a position to report any new developments.
TONI SIMONETTI I believe in nurturing the inner world.
TONI COLLETTE I just want to find some inner peace, and I think I'm getting there, slowly but surely.
TONI COLLETTE Sylvia Day delivers readers to a fantasy world as unique as it is erotic! Ms. Day is an up-and-comin...
TONI BLAKE Independent films have a certain freedom about them - there isn't so much at stake in terms of m...
TONI COLLETTE