- 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
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a black kid from the ghetto of Coney Island, Brooklyn, who only ever dreamed of playing in the NBA. So to have that dream come true but then go on this second journey in China... it's so far beyond anything that kid could have imagined.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a kid growing up St. Louis, Missouri, I lived in a predominantly black neighborhood. Any time people talked about slavery, it was always something like, 'If I was a slave, I wouldn't have been putting up with that. I would have been out in a heartbeat.' And it's like, sure, it's a very easy thing to say.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Elvis was a seventh-degree black belt in karate. My dad knew that he couldn't dance like Elvis or sing like him, but he thought maybe he could try karate, and he fell in love with it.
- Black And White
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not that Shakespeare's art is in technicolor and fancy, and that real life is black and white and tedious. The life that Shakespeare was living was the only life he had, and he had to use it to create what he was doing.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in science.
- Intellectual
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box. On the box is a label, not of my own choosing.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even in 2012, if there's a black character in the movies or on television that's a professional, if we even hear about their backgrounds they're always 'up from the streets.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In real life there are indeed black people who have been in the middle class for generations, but in entertainment it's as if they don't exist.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I not only loved studying theater, I loved being a theater major. It gave me an excuse to brood, to grow a beard, to wear black 'at' people. I didn't just want to play Hamlet, I wanted to be Hamlet.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
Money is here to be made in America. - for those with the ability to earn it legitimately. The exception appears to be when you're young, gifted, and black. There are always questions when the three intertwine.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think that everything on Broadway relates to us, and I think that's why we as black people don't always go to Broadway shows, but shows like 'What's on the Hearts of Men' has a lot of issues that can relate to black families, and that's why I enjoy it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wear tennis shoes over and over again, and my black jacket. I always try to be comfortable. It's very important to me to wear comfortable shoes, which are hard to find - beautiful and comfortable at the same time.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most rewarding, insightful and challenging year of my life was my 'Year in Industry' working as a trainee engineer at Black & Decker, which involved studying part time at college.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020