William Lacy Clay, Jr. Quotes
Michael Brown happened to be black. Trayvon Martin happened to be black. Eric Garner was a black man. So this pattern continues over and over.
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I get carded for soda, you know, when I go to the supermarket. I mean, they card me for everything. You know, I can't even get through a hand of black jack without getting carded, like, five times.
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Basically hated everything made in the '80s, music television - it was really about the '90s for me. 'Encino Man' was a big hit. 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights.'
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I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.
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Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.
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Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women.
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It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.
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100% of Net-a-porter customers have a man in their lives in some capacity, and 59% are married or living with a partner.
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I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman - not me, not Bill, nobody - more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of America.
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I don't need anyone to look after me financially and, while it's hard to trust that a man loves you for the right reasons, you have to take a leap of faith.
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After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.
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I'm a gay man who came out when I was 10 years old, and there's nothing in my life that I'm prouder of.
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A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
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Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbling in things that aren't really that important in the long term.
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I can't not be who I am.
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Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
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I have a hard time watching films and not thinking how I would play any part, whether it's a man or a woman.
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My natural hair is jet black. I used to have it down to my bum. And I went through a phase of being obsessed with fake tan. So from the age of 14 to 16, I looked like an Apache Indian!
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The cool thing for me is, I go to a lot of conventions - a lot of science fiction conventions like Comic-Con - and there are always a lot of attendants of color. And I think some people believe that black people or people of color are not into science fiction or hero shows or genre shows.
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There's nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love.
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My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them.
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Fill each day with light and heart.
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Michael Brown happened to be black. Trayvon Martin happened to be black. Eric Garner was a black man. So this pattern continues over and over.
