Kehinde Wiley Quotes
I know how young black men are seen. They're boys - scared little boys, oftentimes. I was one of them. I was completely afraid of the Los Angeles Police Department.
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All men would be tyrants if they could.
Daniel Defoe
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Besides black art, there is only automation and mechanization.
Federico Garcia Lorca
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I'm so proud and honored to have been in 'Lonesome Dove' and 'Eight Men Out.' How come I'm not known for one of those?
D. B. Sweeney
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One of my personal plights in this business is about playing 'The Sassy Black Girl.'
Gabourey Sidibe
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I'd hopefully work through all my issues with men first so then I'd be okay being with a woman.
Dana Plato
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It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with their own.
H. G. Wells
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Men have not stacked the decks against women.
Warren Farrell
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My dream part would be to play Mitt Romney's sarcastic black maid. We could call it 'Mammy & Me.'
Natasha Leggero
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In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.
Harriet Harman
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Men are what their mothers made them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
Samuel Johnson
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It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote.
Eddie Bernice Johnson
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I dug the idea that I was being perceived as the black sheep of my family, but for me, it was like, I was a rebel, and that to me was most important.
Larry Bishop
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This also is a part of the teaching of the Church, that there are certain angels of God, and certain good influences, which are His servants in accomplishing the salvation of men.
Origen
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To secure peace is to prepare for war.
Carl von Clausewitz
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Young women and men who joined the far-left groups did so for the best of reasons. They wanted to change the world. Many fought against the stifling atmosphere in many groups.
Tariq Ali
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I like real people - salt-of-the-earth men.
Tanit Phoenix
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I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.
Yousuf Karsh
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I love black truffles. I love white truffles.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
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Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you anymore.
Lady Gaga
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I actually think every war movie is an antiwar movie in its own way - with the exception of some of the propaganda movies.
Mark Boal
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New truth is often uncomfortable, especially to the holders of power; nevertheless, amid the long record of cruelty and bigotry, it is the most important achievement of our intelligent but wayward species. ''
Bertrand Russell
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Do not let fear become disabling. That is what the terrorists want. They want you to imagine them in the shadows; they want you to imagine them as something greater than they are.
James Comey
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I know how young black men are seen. They're boys - scared little boys, oftentimes. I was one of them. I was completely afraid of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Kehinde Wiley