It used to be that the working class, broadly speaking - Americans who worked with their hands, who worked in factories, who… — George Packer Copy Share Image
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The pursuit of science has often been compared to the scaling of mountains, high and not so high. But who amongst us… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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I was arrested and put in murder's row. They were trying to get me for some murders I didn't do. They had… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
But between the images, we are privy to the real-life action being played out on the set. Peeta's attempt to continue speaking.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
When your characters are not white hats or black hats but something in between, you do have to be very careful about… — Victor Levin Copy Share Image
Blackness is a state of mind and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
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...I cannot help being astonished at the furious and ungoverned execration which all reference to the possibility of a fusion of the… — Fanny Kemble Copy Share Image
Frank Rich, Paul Krugman, Maureen Dowd, a whole host of brilliant, courageous critics say all kinds of things, and he [Barack Obama]… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The United States is no more a Christian nation because most of its citizens are Christians than it is a 'white' nation… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
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Our foreparents were mostly brought from West Africa. We were brought to America and our foreparents were sold; white people bo ught… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
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This is the great new problem of mankind. We have inherited a large house, a great ‘world house’ in which we have… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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For a few brief days the orchards are white with blossoms. They soon turn to fruit, or else float away, useless and… — Theodore L. Cuyler Copy Share Image
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We [black people] don't respect our elders. Besides artists, we don't respect Frederick Douglass. We don't respect Martin Luther King. You look… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
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Untrained minds have always been a nuisance to the military police of orthodoxy. God-intoxicated mystics and untidy saints with only a white… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
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We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: That South Africa belongs to all… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
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I'm with an old family" was the euphemism used to dignify the professions of white folks' cooks and maids who talked so… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
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![“Frank Rich, Paul Krugman, Maureen Dowd, a whole host of brilliant, courageous critics say all kinds of things, and he [Barack Obama] treats them with respect. They get invited to the White House. I say the same thing, he talks to me like I'm a Cub Scout.” quote by Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bea/cornel-west-708_all-kinds_frank-rich-paul-krugman-maureen-dowd-a-w_3152598.jpg)
![“We [black people] don't respect our elders. Besides artists, we don't respect Frederick Douglass. We don't respect Martin Luther King. You look at every Martin Luther King Boulevard out here, and it's a crack block. That's not because of white people. That's because of black leadership. We just…” quote by KRS-One](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/92d/krs-one-2404_art_we-black-people-don-t-respect-our-elders_1985041.jpg)
![“It was a black and white film [at first]. And then it changed to colour film, and I was surprised and culture shocked when I was six or seven years old. And then HD, then 3D now. So what's going? What's coming next? It's so exciting.” quote by Hiroyuki Sanada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6ff/hiroyuki-sanada-22294_black_it-was-a-black-and-white-film-at-first-a_2284935.jpg)
![“I'm with an old family" was the euphemism used to dignify the professions of white folks' cooks and maids who talked so affectedly among their own kind in Roxbury [Massachusetts] that you couldn't even understand them.” quote by Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/548/malcolm-x-213_cooks_i-m-with-an-old-family-was-the-euphemism_2743512.jpg)
