- Look
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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
- Negative
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- Nov 07, 2020
For those of us in the financial world, Black Friday has a strong negative connotation, referring to a stock market catastrophe.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Ozzie Virgil became the first Dominican player in the majors, his nationality was barely noticed. What the press and fans talked about was his skin color. He was the first black player on the Detroit Tigers, and a great deal of attention was paid to him as someone who crossed the color line.
- Eye
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- Nov 07, 2020
The network and local TV angle of broadcast television has received a black eye for not properly debating within the news issues that should be debated, instead of shuffling them of to television advertising.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The wealth of south Florida, but even more important, the meaning and significance of south Florida lies in the black muck of the Everglades and the inevitable development of this country to be the great tropic agricultural center of the world.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
In college I studied '60s and '70s radicalism, student activism, forms of political violence, groups like the Weathermen, the Black Panthers, the Symbionese Liberation Army, the New Left.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our black president can't say that he's for gay marriage. That is upsetting to me.
- Progress
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- Nov 07, 2020
When they kept you out it was because you were black; when they let you in, it is because you are black. That's progress?
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by his youth and energy and promise and were especially hopeful that he might move the country in a new direction on civil rights.
- Film Directors
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- Nov 07, 2020
There needs to be more film directors of colour. They bandy about the word 'diversity' a lot, but when I say 'of colour,' I mean Asian, black - I mean people of all colour. We need to have those voices given the opportunity, not told that their films will not be distributed or will not sell well abroad.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.
- My Soul
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black. I don't want them to see that my face is white. I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless.
- Normal
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- Nov 07, 2020