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Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white. Alison Bechdel
Black Black And White Hair White Difficult Drawing Render Even Gray Gray Hair
Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star. Alison Moyet
Black Three Sheep Gone Months Black Sheep Had Town Within Becoming Being Pop Pop Star Star Suddenly
Black musicians were imitating speech cadences, and Kerouac was imitating the black musicians' breath cadences on their horns and brought it back to speech. It always was speech rhythms or cadences as far as the ear that Kerouac was developing. All passed through black music. Allen Ginsberg
Music Musicians Black Breath Imitating Back Black Music Horns Brought Through Developing Always Passed Were As Far As Rhythms Far Ear Speech
If you're from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don't like black people. Allen Iverson
You People Black White Virginia Some Like Know Then
I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president, it's about having a good president, and I think that's the most important thing. Allen West
Myself Good Man Pride Black Important Think President About Having Look Most Most Important Thing Important Thing Get The Most Important Thing
For far too long we've allowed the other side to paint us as racist, as sexist, inhumane war mongers - well, today as a conservative black Republican and former solider, I'm here to set that record straight. Allen West
Today War Conservative Black Long Too Other Side Sexist Record Allowed Well Former Republican Straight Far Us Paint Inhumane Here Set
I think everybody has the ability to fall in love with a man or with a woman or a white person or a black person or a Jewish person or a Protestant person or whatever. Ally Sheedy
Love Man Woman Black Fall Whatever White Think Jewish Person Everybody Ability Protestant Person Jewish
And for far too long, the Democrats have had a monopoly on black votes in this country. Alphonso Jackson
Black Long Country Monopoly Too Had Votes Democrats Far
Mr. Cain would structurally change the voting demographic. There would be more black economic conservatives, and the Democrats would lose their stranglehold on the black vote. Alveda King
Change Vote Voting Black Lose Conservatives Would Would-Be More Economic Democrats Demographic
I wanted to explore black culture, and I wanted that culture to be a revelation. Alvin Ailey
Culture Black Revelation Wanted Explore
A typical native New Yorker, I'm prone to wearing the city's unofficial sartorial color: black. Amanda Hearst
Black Typical Unofficial City Wearing Prone Color New Yorker Native New Yorker
Fashion week is not an episode of 'Girls' or 'Friends,' where I'm OK that there is not a black person in sight because I honestly believe these characters don't come into contact with - therefore don't have - any black friends. No, in the case of Fashion week, it feels wrong. Amanda Seales
Fashion Black Girl Believe Honestly OK Sight Characters Case Week Contact Wrong Feels Come Because Friends Person Any Where Episode Therefore
'Smart, Funny and Black' is about celebrating, critiquing and learning about black culture, black history, and the black experience. Amanda Seales
Funny History Learning Culture Experience Smart Black Black History About Celebrating
I speak from a black woman's perspective, and that's a specific perspective, but sometimes there are things I want to be understood by folks who may not have an entryway into that concept, so I have to think about how I can open the space to bring those people in. And that does require balance. Amanda Seales
Balance Woman People Speak Sometimes Space Perspective Black Think Those Folks About Open Concept Does How Understood May Want Require Who Specific Things Bring
As an artist, it's incredible to see folks see you and then be able to give that back and to be able to send two girls to a Black Girls Empowerment camp. Amanda Seales
You Black Girl Incredible Back Folks See Able Give Empowerment Camp Send Artist Then Two
As a black woman, the government is so much in my life, and it always has been. Amanda Seales
Life Government Woman Black My Life Has-Been Always Been Much
I was in the music industry as Amanda Diva for 10 years but I realized that I had bigger work to do and needed to get busy doing that work. I really do believe that I'm here for a bigger purpose, and I want to be a role model and speak for the black community and black women specifically. Humor was the way it felt most organic and effective for me. Amanda Seales
Work Music Me Women Speak Humor Black Organic Community Busy Believe Music Industry Way Black Community Diva Purpose Had Most Industry Felt Amanda Doing Years Effective Model Role Role Model Get Want Bigger Realized Really Specifically Here Needed
My whole intention is to break down these limitations of what a black comedian is supposed to be and to open up a space. Amanda Seales
Space Black Down Open Supposed Comedian Limitations Up Intention Break Whole
My mother is black, from Grenada, so my blackness was always there, but It wasn't until I started hanging with the upperclassmen black actors at my high school that I really got my roots in being a black American, which is a distinctly different identity and experience. Amanda Seales
Experience School Mother Black High High School Blackness Until Identity Always Got American Hanging Being Different Which Really Roots Actor Started
People are getting tired of the same material; they want to see black girls as leads in movies. And I happen to be lucky enough to understand that - and be able to grab that opportunity and run with it. Amandla Stenberg
Tired People Opportunity Black Girl Enough Run See Able Leads Understand Material Grab Same Getting Want Happen Movies Lucky
One of the most challenging things for me to do was to walk away from 'Black Panther.' Amandla Stenberg
Me Walk Black Panther Most Away Challenging Things
It's so important to create roles and characters and projects that feature black people in a way that's not specifically targeted towards the niche market, which is, like, a black movie is created, and it's produced and pitched so that only black people will watch it. Amandla Stenberg
People Will Black Important Market Way Projects Characters Only Feature Towards Like Targeted Roles Movie Which Create Produced Created Niche Specifically Watch
Throw out the rule book. If you like wearing navy and black together, wear it; if you like mixing up gold and silver jewellery, mix it. If you like it, wear it - don't care about what anyone else thinks. Amber Le Bon
You Together Book Care Black Else Rule Rule Book Out Wear Wearing About Silver Throw Like Mix Mixing Up Gold Anyone Anyone Else Navy Thinks Jewellery
Being the person I am, you know, the size I am, being a woman, being a black woman, there's not a lot of roles for us. Amber Riley
You Woman Black Know Am Lot Person Roles Being Size Us
When I was fourteen, I was one of those kids who wore all black because it matched everything. Seriously. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Seriously Black Everything Those Kids Because Matched Wore Who Fourteen
Jimmy Baldwin was not only a writer, an international literary figure: he was a man, spirit, voice - old and black and terrible as that first ancestor. Amiri Baraka
Man Old Black First Jimmy Ancestors Spirit Only Voice Writer He Terrible Literary Figure International
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