Sandra Cisneros Quotes
All of my works are performance pieces, as is true for many writers of color, writers who have indigenous roots - because our basis is spoken word.
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There are so many more women and men who deserve opportunities. People of color. Period.
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Those differences are what color the performance, but in the movies you don't get a chance to rehearse.
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I'd heard he was good, and what the hell sense does it make not to hire somebody because of their color?
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Diversity in the industry is very lacking, and equal opportunity comes very far and few between for people of color.
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That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity.
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The law serves of nought else in these days but for to do wrong, for nothing is spread almost but false matters by color of the law for reward, dread and favor and so no remedy is had in the Court of Equity in any way.
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Martin Freeman is a genius, he really is. He gives you every color of the rainbow in every take and it's wonderful just to play off of him and opposite him.
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Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God's final word on where your lips end.
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I've always considered myself a person of color.
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We believe in loving our brothers regardless of race, color or creed and we believe in showing this love by working for better conditions immediately and the ultimate owning by the workers of their means of production.
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The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice.
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I have one thing that I'm saving for my son. It's a 1965 Chevy Impala Super Sport. It's a beautiful sea-foam green color. It's like a teal green, white interior, and it's just a gorgeous car.
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I like lip liners over lipsticks. I have so many of them from so many different brands, so I just pick the color that works.
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As somebody who has been an executive producer on a television series, I can tell you that increasing director diversity is as simple as hiring more women and more people of color.
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I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.
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You know, I change my hair color a lot, I do all sorts of different things.
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I think people just don't respect women's bodies in general, the bodies of women of color in general.
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I actually really liked 'The Help.' I know that may not be a popular thing, but I thought it was a solid film. It wasn't 'Roots.' It wasn't 'The Color Purple.' But you couldn't pick it apart in terms of storytelling, and I thought the characters were well written.
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We're looking at a story we want to call "Am I Black enough for you?" That's that whole question of who determines what "Black enough" is. Is it color? And if it's color, then are you telling me that Clarence Thomas is Blacker than Louis Farrakhan? If it's not color then what's the line that determines whether you are?
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I had seen the photographs of Harlem in its glory days, stylish men in bespoke suits, women so well dressed that they'd put the models in 'Vogue' to shame. I knew that Harlemites loved to dance, to pray, and to eat.
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At the end of the day, TV is my first love. I started off my career from the small screen.
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Now let us bandy words no more... nothing is easier than sharp words, except to wish them unspoken.
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All of my works are performance pieces, as is true for many writers of color, writers who have indigenous roots - because our basis is spoken word.
