"There were so few black men who were……" — Hilton Als
"There were so few black men who were successful and who successfully conveyed black male fear - how America can make you feel crazy, and how America can create interesting levels of contradiction."
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17 Quotes by Hilton Als
Hilton Als has 17 quotes on this site.
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The artist’s memory is a dangerous, necessary thing. Never disavow what you see and remember-it’s your brilliant stock-in-trade: remembering, and…
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For black people, being around white people is sometimes like taking care of babies you don't like, babies who throw…
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People are quick to make monuments of anything they live long enough to control.
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Inspiration takes many forms, but it's rarely pure.
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Nothing is more flattering for a writer than when someone knows your work.
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I'm a draftsperson. And also, I really respond to love.
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People have a copyright on their own life.
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I don't make a lot of money, but I get to have freedom.
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I was so well loved by my mother that if people have any expectations of me I really don't notice…
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I think it's cultural racism more than anything, which dovetails with actual racism, but the cultural racism to me is…
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One of the things I noticed when I worked at Vibe was that backstage at a fashion show, they always…
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Images are really powerful. People fall in love with images, and as a way of falling in love with someone…
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When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.
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There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful…
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God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.
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You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as…
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A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks…
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It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself…
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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do…
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