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- 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
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black musicians were imitating speech cadences, and Kerouac was imitating the black musicians' breath cadences on their horns and brought it back to speech. It always was speech rhythms or cadences as far as the ear that Kerouac was developing. All passed through black music.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you're from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don't like black people.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think that there is a changing wind. There are black conservatives out there, and their voices need to be heard.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president, it's about having a good president, and I think that's the most important thing.
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing on this green earth that a liberal progressive fears more than a black American who wants a better life and a smaller government.
- Nov 07, 2020
Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I saw Adele, I thought: 'I'll give it an hour before people say I was her,' just because I was fat. When you watch 'X Factor,' you can bet your bottom dollar, every single fat singer sounds like me as far as the judges are concerned. Can you imagine if they did that with every black artist?
- Sheep
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you think about it, I was at college, and then three months later, I was a massive pop star. It's stress-making, especially when you're a bit of an oddball as I was, the black sheep left to your own devices, and then suddenly everyone's interested in you.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation.
- Nov 07, 2020