Quotes about black
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A black woman's body was never hers alone. Fannie Lou Hamer
black crowds faces
The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet black bough. Ezra Pound
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I made this movie for $40,000, which was this little black-and-white horror film called Dementia 13, which we made in about nine days. Francis Ford Coppola
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So much focus in the country is the impoverished minority community. But while 25 percent of the black community lives in poverty, 75 percent is outside of that. It doesn't always get in the news. Juan Williams
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I wanna talk to the black men in here, you know what I mean? Black men in here that are coming up in the hood, coming up in the struggle: We're killing each other, dawg. You feel me? You know? And it's about nothing, it's about nothing. Nothing. Obie Trice
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I've got my new Blackberry so I was on NHL.com keeping updated on scores whenever I couldn't watch the team.
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I'm lying in my bed, blanket is warm.. this body will never keep me safe from harm.I still feel your hair.. black ribbons of coal. Touch my skin to keep me whole.If only you'd come back to me.To feel you at my side.. wouldn't need no Mojo Pin to keep me satisfied. Jeff Buckley
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I'm originally from Ohio. We didn't worry about water or the texture of the soil, ... The first year we were here, I watered, watered, watered. The bushes were all in raised beds. I thought the water would drain away. When I pulled them out, the roots were black and the ground smelled sour.
black cuts
I'm in the black now, but if there are cuts like this, I'll be in the red.
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It was supposed to be such a big moment for integration, but that's all just BS. The game was in College Park, Md., and I was here at the time and nobody was talking about it as a big deal. Sure, in the Black community, we quietly said, 'Good,' but nobody was running around saying how great it was. John Thompson
black poor
Poor is the new black. Erykah Badu
black crafts demand
Insofar as we, critics of the black tradition, master our craft, we serve both to preserve our own traditions and to shape their direction. All great writers demand great critics. Henry Louis Gates
black storm departure
What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which, generally speaking, decides the whole future of an existence. One single black speck may be the beginning of gangrene, of a storm, of a revolution. Henri Frederic Amiel
black mud nails
Jace snorted so loudly that she turned on him with a frown. He wiggled his mud-caked fingers at her. His nails were black crescents. "Filthy inside and out. Cassandra Clare
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An optimist is a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Are the midnight openings much earlier than usual for Black Friday? Yes, they are. Does this show that retailers are more nervous this year? Absolutely.
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A real problem with Black History Month is that we focus on individuals, yet we ignore the larger social structure of racism. Students might study great people who made great accomplishments, but it isn't seen as an issue that's relevant today.
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An excellent player - but he does have a black side Gary Lineker
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Any information that gets sent to the department seems to go into a sort of black hole,
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Any great truth can - and eventually will - be expressed as a cliche - a cliche is a sure and certain way to dilute an idea. For instance, my grandmother used to say, 'The black cat is always the last one off the fence.' I have no idea what she meant, but at one time, it was undoubtedly true.
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As he got older he realized that he was considered black, which is confusing to him, because he is brown. We have tried to help him understand his heritage and encourage him to be proud to be a black person. We have taught him about Martin Luther King's dream and explained that we are the realization of his dream. David Brown
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As far as I was concerned, I saw (having a black roommate) as being something very natural. When Casey came in and I was chosen to be his roommate, that did not raise my eyebrows as maybe some people would think. I had a good feeling being around Casey ... and I trusted any decision coach McGuire made.
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As for facial hair, I think I decided it was a good look after graduate school. I always shave it myself and trim my own beard. I change the look depending on the role. For 'Million Dollar Baby,' I had no facial hair. For 'Men in Black 3,' I had no facial hair but did wear a wig. Mike Colter
black maybe people politics
As black people we may feel like we can't make it there. And now I feel like politics is maybe something I want to go into.
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As a New York cop, you'll be faced with many decisions, ... Do I turn this evidence in to the precinct and get it off of the street, or do I sell it on the black market and pocket the money? Brian Clarke
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As a member of the school board I played an integral role in keeping the district's approximately $8 million budget successfully in the black while building several additions and making many improvements. I also played a key role in negotiating many successful union contracts for the district. This experience will better able me to keep the sheriff's department spending in check, and to work well with the department's employee union.
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Race: How Blacks & Whites Think & Feel About the American Obsession. Studs Terkel
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Pryor started it all. He made the blueprint for the progressive thinking of black comedians, unlocking that irreverent style. Keenen Wayans
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People who don't do jazz think it's black magic. But really, it's just a matter of getting used to it. It's fun to gamble. The trick is not to fall back on the things you've done before. Andre Previn
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People say he was a great black publisher, but I worked for him for 52 years and it is my unbiased, objective opinion that considering the depth from which he came and the height to which he climbed and the obstacles he overcame he was the greatest of all American publishers, black or white,
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People say, 'She's so successful' and 'Look at her position as a black woman.' She is a black woman who grew up in Birmingham, Ala.,and said that she never experienced a day of racism in her life. Spike Lee
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Officials should have realized that the poor were not going to be able to evacuate the way everybody evacuated and some special provisions should have involved community leaders, ... People in those poor, black communities in New Orleans don't trust the government very much. If pastors, doctors and other trusted leaders had been involved, they would have pressured for a plan for people who rely on public transportation.
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Of my two "handicaps," being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black Shirley Chisholm