- Life
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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
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them.
- Forefathers
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- Nov 07, 2020
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty, and inspired our forefathers to shed their blood for the United States' independence, cannot die. Today, this spirit of solidarity must and will empower all of us to rebuild Haiti.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.
- Colors
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would be much easier to just make black, brown and beige clothes. But I do not see the world in black and white and beige. I find colors incredibly important.
- Nov 07, 2020
Just telling a story. That's cinema. It's not silent, black and white. It's a simple story that's well made.
- Plants
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder if every white man in this country, when he plants a tree, doesn't see Negroes hanging from its branches.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's very important to get facials. Facials and sunscreen - people don't believe that black people need sunscreen, but sunscreen with save your life.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
We grew up in a very strange world, because my mother was up against it all when she had three black children.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really like black. I love wearing black, different aesthetics and shades. I like earth tones. Those are my go-tos.
- Meeting
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- Nov 07, 2020
The black comedians meeting? Oh yeah, we hold one every year at Eddie Murphy's house.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you grow up in New Orleans, like, the only way to be an artist is to be a 55-year-old black musician. That's basically what we wanted to be. If you had asked me very truthfully what I wanted to be when I was 16, the answer would've been, 'I want to be a 55-year-old black musician.'
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's like one of the best things that can ever happen to you as an actor: to have your story reach people, even if they don't look like you and even though they may not be able to identify with a black male; they can still identify with what's happening to you.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020