- Nov 07, 2020
Black Quotes
Black holes, bias, and belonging, all in one word.
This collection ranges from cosmic curiosity about black holes and possibility to a pointed observation about racial conditioning and who gets blamed for problems. For quotes on subtler, quieter qualities, see Mystery quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really want to be the black Mr. Rogers - that's my goal. I would do everything the same but with a hip-hop feel to it.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was so beat down as a young person - being black, being gay, being unable to assimilate because I could never, ever pull off being butch.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just by the nature of making the choice to be true to who I am, I'm political. Sometimes that's all you need to do: Show up and be black, gay and Christian in America and actually say it out loud. And refuse to let anything or anybody take that away from you.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want people to see my heart, what I feel - not as one of America's best black actors but as one of the best actors.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a matter of fact they'd blacken us down. I guess there's a reason that according to what the Caucasian wanted us to look like. He wanted us to look-if we were Black, then he had his idea of what we look like.
- Nov 07, 2020
Only when Christ comes again will the little white children of Alabama walk hand in hand with little black children.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up on black sand greens. The best tees were old, dry cowpies, believe it or not.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find a lot of poetry very disappointing, but I do have poets that I go back to. One book of poetry that I'd like to mention is 'The Exchange' by Sophie Cabot Black. Her poems are difficult without being too difficult.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first film was a movie shot in 1974. I was 18 on that movie set. It was called 'Big Bad Mama.' I turned 19 on the next movie I worked on, which was a black 'Blazing Saddles.' I worked in the art department. It was called 'Darktown Strutters.'
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020