Color Quotes
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When people think what is the most simple sort of human, it's a white man, and anything else that is added to that complicates it for people. It comes with all kinds of meanings and connotations. If they have a different skin color, that comes with a connotation. If they're a woman, 'Oh well, what do I feel about that?'
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The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead station.
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If you look at my career over the past twenty years, I've always been trying to look around corners for low-income communities of color.
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I take the time to show up for people in my field who are often not seen and heard in the same capacity as I am. Applauding other women and queer writers of color enables me to recognize and showcase the abundance of talent and work being created.
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That's true but I think the contemporary problem that we are facing increasing numbers of black people and other people of color being thrown into a status that involves work in alternative economies and increasing numbers of people who are incarcerated.
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Being of color in America by no means amounts to a constant barrage of negativity. However, unlike being white, being of color means one's race is a constant issue.
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Trans folk, especially of color, should not be obligated to help cis folk play catch-up on our experiences. The effort can detract from our work to protect and liberate ourselves.
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There's this false notion that you have to separate and choose between issues of class and issues of race. What people do when they say that you need to separate class from race is that they are really just saying that people of color should come second.
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At night I wake up and think, What color will make me feel better when I soak in the bathtub for an hour? I want everyone who's dreaming of a glamorous life to know that I'd trade a good bath any day for the heels, the hair, the makeup, the tight dresses, the photographs, the small talk.
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They say Elvis is dead. I say, no, you're looking at him. Elvis isn't dead; he just changed color.
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When I did red, it was nine, and that was it for me. I said, "Here I am - nine is my number and red is my color, and I'm in business now.
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The reality is different. They are so matured as far as democracy is concerned, they rejected the color TV promised by Congress. They rejected the color TV, and they accepted a person who says that I'll serve the notice to tax evaders. And this is the strength of the democracy.
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For years I'd thought my color was black: deep, dark, thoughtful, mysterious. Black, you can hide behind. But now I know it is red.
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Pink is not a color - it's a culture to me.
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Look at these poisonous color maps where flesh trees grow from human sacrifices; listen to these sniggering half-heard words of tenderness and doom from lips spotted with decay
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I'm not big on lip color, but I like to have a little something.
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Technology is making design more exciting, with color, wallpaper, textures, fabrics that could never have been created without the technology.
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I don't think it should matter to the American people what color skin is on their president. What should matter is the content of their character.
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Sometimes you can just not spend that much money or do a minor change with color on a certain room, and it just can open up and brings people a lot of joy. They can go from hating a room or hating a house to loving it.
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Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
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Color is an intense experience on its own.
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I think diversity and having women and people of color in key positions is really important.
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With 'Greek Gods,' I wanted to go with the blue and green hues of sky and water; with 'Heroes,' I felt the color needed to be more dramatic and give a sense of battle, rage, and yes, of blood. That's the world these demigods lived in, and I felt that orange and red would also compliment the greenish blue of the 'Gods' cover.
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I grew up watching foreign programs - American, English, Mexican, and very little Kenyan. 'The Color Purple' was the first time I saw people who looked like me.
