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The Black Swan asymmetry allows you to be confident about what is wrong, not about what you believe is right. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

To be Christian is to be one of those whom God has chosen. God has chosen black people! — James H. Cone

As sure as God made black and white, what's done in the dark will be brought to the light. — Johnny Cash

Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain. — Malcolm Lowry

It's great to be black in Hollywood. When a black actor does something, it seems new and different just by virtue of the fact that he's black. — Will Smith

If the judgement makes the law and not the law directs the judgement, it is impossible there should be such a thing as an illegal judgement given. — John Howard Griffin

But for the young Laban, these black sheep were sympathetic figures, and by letting them appear on stage, he gave them an opportunity to be heard. — Evelyn Doerr

I have never wanted to check out the family folklore that we could be traced back to a dominie at the hamlet of Balquhidder in the Scottish highlands. — James Black

Women are a weird subspecies. But it must be hard walking around with a big fleshy slit in your body that keeps saying fuck me! — Robert Black

Well, I'm so sorry that I can't be the right kind of monster for you, Bella. — Stephenie Meyer

What would America be like if we loved black people as much as we loved black culture? — Amandla Stenberg

I'm usually all about the tight jeans and little T-shirt, but sometimes I want to put on a black, sequined dress and be a freaking girl — Britney Spears

Don't look at things as if they're black or white. You don't have to be "perfectly on plan" or "completely off". — Nia Shanks

I don't see why I should be a dame for just doing what I always wanted to do. — Cilla Black

No black man wants a blue-eyed black child, and no white man wants a kinky-haired white child. Nature didn't mean it to be that way. — Muhammad Ali

there can be no power in a square — Black Elk

I cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses. — Aaron McGruder

I'm driving a stolen car On a pitch black night And I'm telling myself I'm gonna be alright. — Dennis Lehane

Sara saw that privately she could not help hoping very much that they would all be black, and would wear turbans, — Frances Hodgson Burnett

If the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

I knew a chap who bumped his leg, and it turned black and had to be cut off at the knee.' 'You do seem to mix with the most extraordinary people. — P.G. Wodehouse

If you can write it, I can be it. — Karen Black

Pro tip: (Often learned too late) Don't argue with crazy. Just expect crazy... to be f*****g insane. — Nathan Edmondson

I've heard that Black people and Black faces don't sell magazines, but one day you're going to beg me to be on there. — Michael Jackson

We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be human only together, black and white. — Desmond Tutu

Be loud, be pretty and keep their black-hatin' asses in their chairs — Muhammad Ali

I know how to be the witness to her grief. I don't know how to be this kind of villain. — Holly Black

To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box. On the box is a label, not of my own choosing. — Stephen Carter

To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage. — James A. Baldwin

When you're black in Hollywood, you know, your first role is going to be on a crime drama. That's - everybody knows that. — Terry Crews

The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures. — Manning Marable

If you're an American kid, you can't help but be influenced by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and the Rolling Stones because they're always on the radio. — Chris Cornell

What does it mean to be too black for Hollywood? It's self-explanatory. Hollywood has certain kinds of blacks that they like. — Paul Mooney

The denials, if they need be given, could better be given with sincerity, and they could only be feigned if you didn't know them at all. — Kenneth Eade

If you only think of me during Black History Month, I must be failing as an educator and as an astrophysicist. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral. — Martin Luther King Jr.

idea of a husband who could be killed any moment made — J. Carson Black

But yet I don't think I should be labeled just a black quarterback, because it's bigger things in this sport that need to be accomplished. — Cam Newton

Canceled checks will be to future historians and cultural anthropologists what the Dead Sea Scrolls and hieroglyphics are to us. — Brent Staples

Put your puppet on the throne." said Talathain. "You may make her Queen but she won't be Queen for long. — Holly Black

There are certain tuxes you can get away with a black tie, but with others, you'd be dishonoring the workmanship if you didn't wear a full bow tie. — Luke Evans

Don't be a hero for me."
Only for you, Rosie thought but didn't say it. — Lara Morgan

I wouldn't like to find out my GP was messing about with black magic. It would be like discovering that your bank manager was also a stand-up comic. — Christopher Fowler

I was not allowed to be an individual. I was black and I was a woman - and I was a black woman. — Shola Lynch

You're like this leopard who's pretending to be a house cat. — Holly Black

Everything may be black and white in your world, but in reality there's a hell of a lot of gray. — K.J. McPike

Playing rock 'n' roll music, it's going to be integrated, but being black you didn't want to go into some neighborhood where you weren't wanted. — Gail Ann Dorsey

Citizenship is no light trifle to be jeopardized any moment Congress decides to do so under the name of one of its general or implied grants of power. — Hugo Black

Dear Juliet. I could relate to her pain. Black misery painted on a blood red heart. Death would be more bearable than life without Romeo. — Marilyn Grey

People fed on sugared praises cannot be expected to feel an appetite for the black broth of honest criticism. — Agnes Repplier

Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle. — Shirley Temple Black

If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be. — Ron Paul

So what? You're another person, so of course you look different. What do you need to be ashamed for? — Yana Toboso

As one veteran Russian pilot dryly told me:We have to be very careful flying in the clouds. Around here they are full of rocks. — Alan Hinkes

I can rap in a London accent, make weird faces, wear spandex, wigs, and black lipstick. I can be more creative than the average male rapper. — Nicki Minaj

I've always taken pride to be the white guy that can talk to the black people, that can refer to them truly as a brother from a different mother. — Duane Chapman

Don't be cool. Cool is conservative fear dressed in black. — Bruce Mau

You have to get clear about the kind of life you can live here. Life can be lived anywhere, but not every life can be lived everywhere. — Daniel Black

But, I understand that Black Comb and Whistler are supposed to be great for snowboarding. So I am looking forward to going there someday soon. — Bridget Hall

100 years ago, movies were black-and-white, silent, and 16 frames a second. So 100 years from now, what are they going to be? — Peter Jackson

When I die I hope it may be said:
'Her suffering was black, but her books were read'. — Shannon L. Alder

No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean? — Nas

The dumber people think you are, the most surprised they're going to be when you kill them. — William Clayton

I feel like there should be more black head coaches. — Lynn Swann

Don't think I'd really want to be a mortician. Wouldn't be getting much back. — Claudia Black

I have perfected the art of the fake smile. Inside your heart may be bruised and black, but outwardly you look bright and happy. — Cindy Vine

Black women were created of
brown sugar and warm honey.
the sweetest thing to bless the earth.
be wary of anyone who tells you otherwise. — Alexandra Elle

Black women are supposed to be 'strong,' but the burden of carrying our race and carrying our families adds the pressure. — Aunjanue Ellis

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye. — Jim Henson

Work with Evangeline Black? I'd rather be slit open from navel to nose." -CORBIN BLUE
"Good thing I always carry a knife." -EVIE BLACK — Gena Showalter

I think the number one thing Black women and all Black people should be paying attention to is our health. — Bell Hooks

I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed. — B.B. King

I believe that the American audience is not so dumb that they wouldn't be interested in a black story. — Euzhan Palcy

You may be amazed that you are still unique and beautiful as your natural self. Only you can decide if this style is for you. — Monica Millner

I am happy to be a role model for anybody - whether they are black, white, yellow, pink or purple. — Paul Ince

You Just scared me half to death," I said.
"You should be thrilled you're halfway there. — Rae Hachton

I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it the Afro Look. — Miriam Makeba

This world that we live in would be perfect if there were less prejudice and people who think they are better than others. — Werley Nortreus

I lost my illusions in a black rain of bitterness - now what do you see in my eyes? How can you still love me? How can I be tender? ... — John Geddes

I need a lot of black on my eyes and a little shot of vodka to be brave, because you're beautiful when you relax. — Carine Roitfeld

An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment. — Hugo Black

Oh, the self-importance of fading stars. Never mind, they will be black holes one day. — Jeffrey Bernard

Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain, /May be refin'd and join th' angelic train. — Phillis Wheatley

To Ben, love was the flame in which he wanted to be reborn. He wanted to be remade by it. — Holly Black

There should be a law that you can't shut down the government - that you don't have that power. — Lewis Black

I'll carry you. But she was already holding on, and though she knew she'd have to soon, she didn't see how she'd ever be able to let go of him. — Melissa Cutler

We wanted black power to be all things to all people. — Cleveland Sellers

You know what would help the instruction form? Verbs! Verbs would be nice! Because they help you get to the end of a thought! — Lewis Black

I haven't had a very good day. I think I might still be hung over and everyone's dead and my root beer's gone. — Holly Black

Sometimes words were cheap. They could be powerful, but in those rare occasions like now, words meant nothing. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

It may be for 20 or 30 years no one has yet been able to decide the length of the life of the black bass. — Jay Cooke

I listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend's driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates. — Frank Black

About how it feels to be alone and the depth of the darkness surrounding me. Darkness as pitch black as the night of the new moon. — Haruki Murakami

I am worth something and I will be big. — Rebecca Black

When guys in black Cadillacs drive you to some random building and lock you in what amounts to a cell, you know that shit just got real. — Nick Lake

A floor length backless black sequined dress would be my dream dress. As for my dream date - that would have to be a young Marlon Brando! — Rebecca Hall

Can I be your daddy now?" he asked, resting his hand on the wall behind my head and leaning in. — Maris Black

When I was a little kid I thought I would grow up to be black and sing jazz in nightclubs. — Molly Ringwald

I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the rights of black people everywhere. — Allan Dare Pearce

Trump says he wants to run for president. Why not? It wouldn't be the first time he pushed a black family out of their home. — Snoop Dogg