Harlem Quotes

96 quotes by 79 authors

Despite everything that Harlem did to our generation, I think it gave something to a few. It gave them a strength that couldn't be obtained… — Claude Brown
I especially like Duke Ellington jazz, which is a little more... I lived in New York for a while. I lived in Harlem for a… — Charlie Day
You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We're the only ones who know what it means to be Brand X. — Dick Gregory
I don't have to really be in the 60s. Every time I hail a cab in New York, and they pass me by and pick… — Queen Latifah
I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then… — Colin Powell
It doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not… — Ronald Reagan
In Harlem, I got all my black friends. But when I go downtown, I got black, white, Asian, Indian friends. There's no borders, no barriers. — ASAP Rocky
For me, growing up in Harlem and then migrating down to SoHo and the Lower East Side and chillin' down there and making that my… — ASAP Rocky
It's about stories. If I can tell the story to America, whether it's Riesling or a boxer from Harlem, it will sell. I know on… — Gary Vaynerchuk
I kept finding the same anguish, the same doubt; a self-contempt that neither irony nor intellect seemed able to deflect. Even DuBoisâ€™s learning and Baldwinâ€™s… — Barack Obama
Here's what I love: when a great writer turns me into a Jew from Chicago, a lesbian out of South Carolina, or a black woman… — Pat Conroy
This is your heritage,' he said, as if from this dance we could know about his own childhood, about the flavor and grit of tenement… — Justin Torres
I am grateful to have been loved and to be loved now and to be able to love, because that liberates. Love liberates. It doesn't… — Maya Angelou
It is important to have permanent safe spaces in Harlem. — Geoffrey Canada
No individual has done more to help me pursue a career in science than my wife of forty-five years. I met Enid Cassandra Morgan during… — Robert Fogel
I used to live in the Bronx, then I lived uptown on 106th St. and Broadway, and finally I moved to Harlem right before it… — Regina Hall
What makes Harlem special is that at any given time, food seekers can not only find food deeply rooted in Southern, Latin and African traditions,… — Marcus Samuelsson
Finding creative and effective ways to simultaneously give back and economically empower people is something that is increasingly important. Not everyone can open a business… — Marcus Samuelsson
I am a chef through and through. Everything I do - whether it is cooking for kids in Harlem or cooking in a fine dining… — Marcus Samuelsson
I majored in directing. However, I did spend some time at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, so I am somewhat… — Chadwick Boseman

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