African American Quotes - Page 8

• Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.

  Gabrielle Union

  Beauty, Hollywood, Needs

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• You have a 45mm automatic pistol on your lap, and I have a 35mm camera on my lap, and my weapon is just as powerful as yours. (To Black Panther militant Eldridge Cleaver)

  Gordon Parks

  Photography, Powerful, Gun

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• It's a great thing about being a musician; you don't stop until the day you die, you can improve. So it's a wonderful thing to do.

  Marcus Miller

  Inspirational, Music, Self Improvement

  Interview with Eva Simontacchi, www.jazzitalia.net. April 10, 2005.

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  If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Maya Angelou (1997). “The Heart of a Woman”, Bantam

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  Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

  "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.

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• The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.

  Dave Barry

  Birthday, Simple, Men

  Dave Barry (2009). “Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus”, p.264, Ballantine Books

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• Remember who you are and whose you are.

  Thea Bowman

  Faith, Christian, Religious

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• Each one of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm, when we look at each other we must say, I understand. I understand how you feel because I have been there myself. We must support each other and empathize with each other because each of us is more alike than we are unalike.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Sympathy, Spiritual

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Nov 05, 2012

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• I will never again play anything that does not have social significance. We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond all doubt that we are master musicians of our instruments. Now what we have to do is employ our skill to tell the dramatic story of our people and what we've been through.

  Max Roach

  Music, Play, Skills

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• Your wealth can be stolen, but the precious riches buried deep in your soul cannot.

  Minnie Riperton

  Soul, Singers, Riches

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  You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

  Shirley Chisholm

  Inspiring, Ideas, Progress

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• I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody.

  Spike Lee

  People, Black, Culture

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• It is my hope that as we commemorate Black History Month in the future, we will continue to celebrate the many achievements and rich culture of African-Americans.

  Eliot Engel

  Achievement, Black History, Culture

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• I think the difference between me and some people is that I'm content to do my little bit. Sometimes people think they have to do big things in order to make change. But if each one would light a candle we'd have a tremendous light.

  Thea Bowman

  Inspirational, Change, Thinking

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• I'm never satisfied with what I do. I always think I can do it a lot better.

  Michael Jackson

  Inspirational, Thinking, Self Motivation

  Interview with Sylvie Simmons, www.theguardian.com. June 27, 2009.

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• I believe in destiny. But I also believe that you can’t just sit back and let destiny happen. A lot of times, an opportunity might fall into your lap, but you have to be ready for that opportunity. You can’t sit there waiting on it. A lot of times you are going to have to get out there and make it happen.

  Spike Lee

  Believe, Fall, Opportunity

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• The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.

  Mary McLeod Bethune

  Inspirational, Education, Reading

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• A moment of anger can destroy a lifetime of work, whereas a moment of love can break barriers that took a lifetime to build.

  Leon Brown

  Love, Work, Anger

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• I am convinced that the Black man will only reach his full potential when he learns to draw upon the strengths and insights of the Black woman.

  Manning Marable

  Strength, Women, Black

  Manning Marable (1988). “The Crisis of Color and Democracy: Essays on Race, Class, and Power”

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• If one lives in a country where racism is held valid and practiced in all ways of life eventually, no matter whether one is a racist or a victim, one comes to feel the absurdity of life....Racism generated from whites is first of all absurd. Racism creates absurdity among blacks as a defense mechanism.

  Chester Himes

  Life, Country, White

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• We accepted education as the means to rise above the limitations that a prejudiced society endeavored to place upon us.

  Evelyn Boyd Granville

  Inspiring, Education, Mean

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• God blessed me with a lot of heart and no height, and I'll take that any day.

  Nate Robinson

  God, Blessed, Heart

  FaceBook post by Nate Robinson from May 07, 2013

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• I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Time

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• Good English, well spoken and well written will open more doors than a college degree... Bad English will slam doors you don't even know exist.

  William Raspberry

  Education, Writing, Opportunity

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• Whenever you can't think of something to be grateful for, remember your breath. With each breath you take, you can say, 'I'm still here.' Make each day a holiday of thankfulness -and give yourself the gift of gratitude!

  Oprah Winfrey

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Grateful

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