Black Quote by Larry Holmes Download Open image “It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor.” — Larry Holmes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Hard Poor
Growing up on our estate, we were all different colours, but we were all really poor. I never really realised that black was a… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
There's always been a quiet conversation and joke that if you're not hard, if you're not from impoverished neighborhoods, if you're not certain constructs… — Chance The Rapper Copy Share Image
I never have a problem with being black. I have a problem with the easy association of what that means to some people. — Mark Bradford Copy Share Image
I don't think being black has held me back at all. Being black makes you strong. — Anita Baker Copy Share Image
I dont think being black has held me back at all. Being black makes you strong. — Anita Baker Copy Share Image
The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm black. I grew up poor. I grew up in New York during the stop-and-frisk era. I've been stopped because I fit a description… — Brian Flores Copy Share Image
I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era. — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I'm happy with my career but I could have been happier if I could have been treated like a champion should have been treated… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I'm tired. I am old and I have never quit pursuing my goals. I am heavily involved in real estate right now, but I… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
Now I'm free of him and I'm light as a feather. There's no weight holding me down; I'm ready to spread my wings and… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I cursed [Larry Merchant] out once, and I told him that he was a phony. — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
Everyone still wants to see [Floyd] Mayweather and [Manny] Pacquaio fight. When the talks start though, it always seem like it is all about… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I'm not a guy who counts cards. I'm a guy that plays with feeling. Because I feel that if something is going to come… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I don't think boxing needs to be regulated. I think boxing needs to have a complaint board. And I think the complaint board should… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I think gambling can be a good thing if you don't take it too seriously. Take it and have fun with it, and don't… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because I want… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and… — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final… — Frank B. Wilderson III Copy Share Image
Hollywood is so fixated on keeping it that way because it's generating the buzz, but that representation isn't right. I definitely feel like it's… — John Boyega Copy Share Image
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