The double jeopardy of being black and female in a racist and sexist society may well make one less afraid of the… — Mamphela Ramphele Copy Share Image
I wanted to crawl in between those black lines of print, the way you crawl through a fence, and go to sleep… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
If you're black in this country, if you're a woman in this country, if you are any minority in this country at… — Cher Copy Share Image
Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I was roommates with 2 of the guys who were influential in forming the Black Arts philosophy. I called them "goons," and… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“For there was nothing in his eyes but the black night and the cold stars.” — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
If we begin by the conversation that some people shouldn't be encouraged to come to the polls, that does nothing to help… — Marc Lamont Hill Copy Share Image
Death comes black and hard, rushing down on me from the future, with no possible chance of escape. — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
The closest Indian analogy to the position of black Americans is that of the Dalits - formerly called 'Untouchables,' the outcastes who… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
I'm a film director. Gay is an adjective that I certainly am, but I don't know that it's my first one. I… — John Waters Copy Share Image
A good hamburger mix: add equal parts black pepper, granulated garlic, grilled onion, onion powder and some chopped onion. And mix in… — Johnny Trigg Copy Share Image
“I awoke in a cold room, hunched on the floor beside a black and empty grate, the clock striking three, and the… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
When I'm not working I just like to be comfortable: I love black, nothing tight, no heels, no make-up - it's nice… — Eva Green Copy Share Image
It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance,… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where… — Mae West Copy Share Image
Even in the King's Gambit ... White is no longer trying to attack at all costs. He has had to adapt his… — Neil McDonald Copy Share Image
Just as important I believe, is Black America can look back at the show and say, "Wow, I think I now understand… — Sterling K. Brown Copy Share Image
There are a lot of young black girls who I meet in my travels who don't have a lot of self-esteem. So… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
I've had days when I go in my bedroom for 24 hours at a time. I call them my Cilla Black days,… — Cilla Black Copy Share Image
As I work in the afternoon on committing to paper some of my morning's thoughts, I find myself just about to close… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
I always wanted to have black nails, but I don't like polish so I use dye. — Michele Lamy Copy Share Image
I was on a beach in Hawaii for a video shoot once, and it was incredibly beautiful. It had very fine black… — Louise Nurding Copy Share Image
I am suffering incessant temptations to uncharitable thoughts at present; one of those black moods in which nearly all one's friends seem… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
