Black Quotes
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I want to be black, to know black, to luxuriate in whatever I might be calling blackness at any particular time, but to do so in order to come out on the other side, to experience a humanity that is neither colorless nor reducible to color (Black Quotes)
Because I want every kid to be viewed as a person rather than as a member of a certain race does not mean that I’m not black enough... Do they want me to be positive just for black kids and negative for everybody else? (Black Quotes)
Education remains one of the black community’s most enduring values. It is sustained by the belief that freedom and education go hand in hand, that learning and training are essential to economic quality and independence (Black Quotes)
Like black hulks the shadows of the great trees ride at anchor on the billowy sea of grass (Black Quotes)
I wear black because I’m comfortable in it. But then in the summertime when it’s hot I’m comfortable in light blue (Black Quotes)
I was wearing black clothes almost from the beginning. I feel comfortable in black. I felt like black looked good onstage, that it was attractive, so I started wearing it all the time (Black Quotes)
I get so tired of people acting like, you know, black men and women never help each other, never support each other (Black Quotes)
I think I look better in darker clothes. And maybe the fact that I wear black so much makes me more aware of putting people at ease (Black Quotes)
Juggling is very, very straightforward; very, very black and white; you’re manipulating objects, not people. And that’s always appealed to me (Black Quotes)
You don’t have to be a certain thing to be cool. If you’re white, you don’t have to act black or whatever. Just be you and know who you are (Black Quotes)
I wasn’t cocky, just confident; I went to an all black school, a white kid (Black Quotes)
Magic is a state of mind. It is often portrayed as very black and gothic, and that is because certain practitioners played that up for a sense of power and prestige. That is a disservice. Magic is very colorful. Of this, I am sure (Black Quotes)
It’s a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black (Black Quotes)
Winter in the country is very white. There is black grit on all the shoulders of the roads and on the big mounds from the plows, and all the cars are filthy, but the fields are dazzling and untouched and pristine (Black Quotes)
The records are black boxes for me. Like, if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I hate, my convictions, my anthems. I’ve never let people’s opinions affect the way I write (Black Quotes)
There are black marriages that are still going strong 40 years later. You hear so many myths that there aren’t any people making it, but there are. As long as there are some, there’s hope (Black Quotes)
I like stories of the classic hero, of good versus evil, the ones in which the good guys wear white and the bad guys wear black... and I love a good sword fight (Black Quotes)
In black neighborhoods, everybody appreciated comedy about real life. In the white community, fantasy was funnier. I started looking for the jokes that were equally hilarious across the board, for totally different reasons (Black Quotes)
A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors (Black Quotes)
In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is (Black Quotes)
Entertainment came out of this thing called a television, and it was gray. Most of the films that we saw at the cinema were black and white. It was a gray world. And music somehow was in color (Black Quotes)
I’m very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That’s my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it’s not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question (Black Quotes)
I try to avoid wearing black because sometimes it’s the easy option. But I’m young, so it’s nice to be able to play with color and not just wear black all the time. I can save that for when I’m older (Black Quotes)
I’ve built my wardrobe color palette around red, so I’m happy with it, but I do get pangs when I see beautiful brunettes. I’ve already been blue, green, black, and blonde (Black Quotes)
I’m seeing the world partially through the eyes of a kid. Not all the time. There’s no black and white to it. But sometimes I’m seeing it like I’m 4 (Black Quotes)
A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light (Black Quotes)
The sky is like a black sieve pierced by silver drops that tremble, ready to burst through (Black Quotes)
Large, heavy, ragged black clouds hung like crape hammocks beneath the starry cope of the night. You would have said that they were the cobwebs of the firmament (Black Quotes)
I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls (Black Quotes)
Everybody was wearing rhinestones, all those sparkly clothes, and cowboy boots. I decided to wear a black shirt and pants and see if I could get by with it. I did and I’ve worn black clothes ever since (Black Quotes)