Growing Quote by Yvonne Orji Download Open image “I remember, growing up, it wasn't sexy to be African. We got called names.” — Yvonne Orji ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Growing Growing up Remember Sexy Up
I didn't have much, but I was always happy to share what I did have. It seemed like every African that came to New… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
When I was a youth, to be called 'African' was a diss. At school, the African kids used to lie and say they were… — Skepta Copy Share Image
My family and our neighbors and friends thought of Africa and its Africans as extensions of the stereotyped characters that we saw in movies… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth that was… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Most of all, I dislike this idea nowadays that if you're a black person in America, then you must be called African-American. Listen, I've… — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
I became part of a drag family, which is where I got part of my last name, Davenport, from. I got the name Sahara… — Sahara Davenport Copy Share Image
I was called everything ugly and black in the world. Man, those where some tough times. They called me Fat Albert, Magilla Gorilla, black… — Mark Henry Copy Share Image
I changed my name when we became aware of the African revolution and the whole question of our African roots. — Amiri Baraka Copy Share Image
I realized that I was African when I came to the United States. Whenever Africa came up in my college classes, everyone turned to… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
So for everybody who allows themselves to be separated from me because I said 'African' instead of 'Nubian' or 'Black' or 'Kemet' or 'original'… — Sister Souljah Copy Share Image
I remember when we were called 'colored,' and Dr. King would always tell young people not to get upset at what people called you.… — Jesse White Copy Share Image
I grew up with three older brothers, so I'm very much a tomboy in real life. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
A lot of people have done things in the name of Christianity and religion and faith in a not-so-nice way. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
My faith - as well as my Nigerian culture - really gave me the substance and foundation to be who I desire to be… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
My mom would always say, 'Hair is a woman's beauty.' I cut my hair all off. I was completely bald, and that was, like,… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
Sometimes you're just regular. Sometimes you wake up, and your breath stinks like everybody else, and you had a bad hair day. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
I can only see what's in front of me, but God can see what's behind, what's ahead of me, what's beside me, and it… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
On TV, as in life, white folks are allowed to make mistakes, but usually, black people aren't. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
I don't even know anyone who hasn't watched 'Sex and the City.' If you didn't, we can't be friends. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
You can't say you're an actor if you've never acted, and you can't act if no one gives you an opportunity, but they won't… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
I have a strong feeling about this quick movement and changing of society and populations growing - something scary. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
I became a bit of a teacher's pet, and it became known in the school by both faculty and students that I really excelled… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
Well, I've been politically involved for a really long time. Growing up in the segregated South, it was a very painful experience for me… — Cybill Shepherd Copy Share Image
I always feel like I'm struggling to become someone else. Like I'm trying to find a new place, grab hold of a new life,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration have inspired immigrants from around the world to set sail to our shores. These immigrants have… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Every woman I have ever loved has left her print upon me, where I loved some invaluable piece of myself apart from me-so different… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I think kids growing up, if they were picked on and feeling inferior at 12, they're going to feel that way at 72. You… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
I felt pretty good growing up. I didnt feel a lot of prejudice or racism. But I do remember, if there was going to… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I wasn't a kid growing up thinking, 'One day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech.' That wasn't on my mind. — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
![“I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing up. Now that I'm an old, old veteran-age 29-I do things a lot differently. I don't go to the gentlemen's clubs anymore. I had to slow that down.” quote by Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/08f/shaquille-o-neal-659_age_i-failed-i-think-seven-or-eight-times-be_2731.jpg)
