- Naked
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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
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
The day in 2004 when the radiologist told me I had invasive cancer, I walked down the hospital corridor looking for a phone to call my husband, and I could almost see the fear coming toward me like a big, black shadow.
- Moon
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was night and I could see a large and calm lake, reflecting the moon. Black mountains rose around it. I arrived from between two of these mountains, I looked at the lake and the moon, and that was it, nothing else happened.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first ran for governor... I had to stand up for segregation or be defeated, but I never insulted black people by calling them inferior.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My vehemence was against the federal courts. I never said a word against black people in my heart since I ran for governor.
- Dress
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- Nov 07, 2020
It wouldn't have mattered to my mother if I married a black, was gay, lived in a commune or wore a dress.
- Black Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to make a movie about a black family in Middle America. I wanted to make a film where everyone can look at them and say, 'This is my family.'
- Great Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a great day in America when white people, black people and Latinos can all come together and pick on another minority.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of today's black convicts have come to understand that they are the most abused victims of an unrighteous order.
- Estimated
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- Nov 07, 2020
The savage repression of blacks, which can be estimated by reading the obituary columns of the nation's dailies, Fred Hampton, etc., has not failed to register on the black inmates.
- Nov 07, 2020
The world doesn't see a lot of gray. The world sees black and white, and then it understands.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reason why Botswana has done very well is because it's the only black African country which went back to its roots and built upon its own indigenous institutions.
- Evil
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black frost. The ground is hard, the air tastes bitter. Your stars cluster in evil signs.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
The real Jack Johnson was both more and less than those who loved or those who hated him ever knew. He embodied American individualism in its purest form; nothing - no law or custom, no person white or black, male or female - could keep him for long from whatever he wanted.
- Grips
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't need someone destroying you when your own people are the worst messengers possible. And this is what black people in America have not come to grips with.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020