Black Quotes
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African-Americans and black immigrants share a resilience and a determination for a better life.
Opal Tometi
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The norm is white, apparently, in the view of people who see things in that way. For them, the only reason you would introduce a black character is to introduce this kind of abnormality. Usually, it's because you're telling a story about racism or at least about race.
Octavia E. Butler
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I love the language of, you know, the old black country man with a blues guitar and... boots and the quick banter.
James McBride
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People sometimes think I take a white canvas and paint a black sign on it,but this is not true.I paint the white as well as the black and the white is just as important.
Franz Kline
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In the history of the treatment of depression, there was the dunking stool, purging of the bowels of black bile, hoses, attempts to shock the patient. All of these represent hatred or aggression towards what depression represents in the patient.
James Hillman
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I have a lot of looks but right now I'm really into grunge. Messy hair, black heels. I get Michelle Pfeiffer with it.
Chloe Grace Moretz
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The industry looks for white actors and actresses, but it's not the same for black actors. We have to really put the work in.
Chadwick Boseman
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It's black women as perpetual sidekick. We need to hear from more women's voices. And it would be nice to see some books geared toward us.
Cheryl Lynn
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For longer than I've been involved in the political process, the Republican establishment has claimed to want to provide an alternative for the black community, yet party elite refuse to show up for the game.
J. C. Watts
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When you were growing up in the 30s, 20s, of course the 40s, all black people at least in the Washington, D.C., area were required to live among themselves.
Ed Smith
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For black and brown people, caring for ourselves and each other is not a neutral act. It is a necessary and radical part of the struggle to create a more just society. Our healing and survival are essential to the fight.
Jamila Woods
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When I'm doing my own makeup, I just stick to a bit of black liner, some blush and a nude glossy lip.
Abbey Clancy
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America is the civilization of people engaged in transforming themselves. In the past, the stars of the performance were the pioneer and the immigrant. Today, it is youth and the Black.
Harold Rosenberg
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The Black Keys is just a band that wants to get on stage and rock it.
Dan Auerbach
The Black Keys
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Within the black community, roughly 60 percent of children are born to single moms. Moms don't have the emotional wherewithal to deal with their children. Their English is atrocious. Their speaking is atrocious. The dropout rate is horrendous.
Walter Dean Myers
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I'm a firm believer in karma. By doing good, good things eventually find you. I don't have an American Express Black Card, but I like to think that I would if I could fill it with karma points.
Chieh Huang
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In Paris, everybody is in black! But you know, in Ukraine everyone wears bright colours.
Olga Kurylenko
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I find myself frequently introducing myself to someone, saying that, you know, I've grown up black and biracial in the United States.
Natasha Trethewey
