William Julius Wilson Quotes
Black professors make more than white professors. That's because we are in demand. I'll tell you, give me two blacks in institutions of higher learning, one has a Ph.D. from an elite institution and has a certain publication record. You give me a white scholar with the same credentials, and I will take that black scholar.
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There's such a strong community element in country - it's like a family. So I don't want to do anything that can come off, even if I'm not intentionally doing it, as giving the perception that I'm trying to abandon that family.
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Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.
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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
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Black-and-white always looks modern, whatever that word means.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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College was where I got to actually experience the difference between black and white.
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Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.
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I don't have an objective overview of Black Sunday.
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Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion.
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Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
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I love to drive in the Black Hills of Wyoming and South Dakota with Mount Rushmore as the central stop.
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The less I talk about being black, the better.
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When I was eight years old, I wrote a paragraph-long short story about a goat on my mother's hundred-pound, black-and-white-screen laptop. The story came about largely because I liked the way the word 'goat' looked on the page, but I decided then and there that I wanted to be a writer. That desire never changed.
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There is some group of Americans who are really, really curious to understand how we ended up at this point, where every week it seems like you can turn on your TV and see some sort of abuse being heaped on black people.
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It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote.
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Jack Black is so funny! On and off screen, like, he would make you laugh every day. He's hilarious.
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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I've been fascinated by the Internet from the very start. In 2001, I had made a funny black-and-white film called 'How to Dance Properly,' a short video of me dancing to a Madonna song. I sent it to 17 of my friends on a Thursday, and by Monday, one million people a day were logging on to view it.
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Top Ten lists make me insane. I just know they're going to change daily.
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I've visited schools all across our state, and the message is clear. Our kids have needs today, and our educators need more resources to do their jobs.
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I have a buddy of mine who's a musician, and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him.
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While we may not live to see the full realization of our ambition, we will have the satisfaction of knowing that the world we leave to our children will be better off for what we did.
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The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason.
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Black professors make more than white professors. That's because we are in demand. I'll tell you, give me two blacks in institutions of higher learning, one has a Ph.D. from an elite institution and has a certain publication record. You give me a white scholar with the same credentials, and I will take that black scholar.
