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I grew up in a very bohemian environment in southern Sweden, so I was always, always, always in black jeans. — Johan Lindeberg

I look at modeling as something I'm doing for black people in general. — Naomi Campbell

Mr. Black started singing a song in some weird language, which I guess was Philippinish. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Let's be honest, for a lot of well meaning, open-minded white people, the sight of a young black man in a hoodie still evokes a twinge of fear. — Hillary Clinton

In the gun game, we are the most hunted. The river of blood that washes the streets of our nation flows mostly from the bodies of our black children, — Harry Belafonte

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

I do not look at the world in terms of black and white - and I find people who do rather scary. I think it's all shades of grey. — E.L. James

As a black actress, all I was offered in British film was the best friend role, whereas in TV I was offered a whole spectrum of parts. — Sophie Okonedo

There is a black pit in the bottom of my soul that has no limit to its falling. — Claire North

I love ... anything in black and white. Just put it on the TV, I'll watch. — Anna Chlumsky

To tell a lie in cowardice, to tell a lie for gain, or to avoid deserved punishment
are all the blackest of black lies. — Emily Post

Republicans think that the NAACP is the only voice in the black community. It is a voice in the black community. But it's not the only voice. — J. C. Watts

The choice in politics isn't usually between black and white. It's between two horrible shades of gray. — Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft

We are here to work side-by-side with this "black" man in trying to bring liberation to all our people! — Fannie Lou Hamer

Like the fact that the person Sirius cared for the most about in the world was you, said Dumbledore quietly. — J.K. Rowling

We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases — Thomas Browne

They say African Americans. I say black people. I've only been to Africa once. I've been in America all my life! — Herman Cain

Who we are as African-Americans, as black folks in the diaspora, our cultural destiny, has been shaped by both the enslaved and the free. — Bell Hooks

In a world of increasing grey areas, we are becoming more and more entrenched in black and white positions. — Paul Bettany

I follow her, my black shirt open and flying in the wind behind me like a vampire's cape. Either that or the grim reaper's. — Simone Elkeles

My workday begins around 11 A.M., with a cup of black coffee in each hand. If I had more hands, there would be more coffee. — Aaron Levie

Most people will not be persuaded to become Christians except in their "heart language. — Flavil R. Yeakley Jr.

I've got a black-belt in crazy, and I know where you live. — Marjorie M. Liu

From time to time, you may see a girl wearing her black opaque tights as pants. They are, in fact, not. — Nina Garcia

She was unprepared for how much the way into Coldtown looked like a shoddily run DMV. — Holly Black

Ranger was waiting. He was dressed in black slacks, a form-fitting black T-shirt, and a black blazer. — Janet Evanovich

One must learn how to be black in America. — Henry Louis Gates

Russian Roulette, killer in all black. — Jasmine Sandozz

I'm trying to incorporate colour into my life. Until recently, everything in my closet was black, white, grey, navy or olive. — Jennifer Morrison

In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

I've never been to a black-tie thing in my life. I didn't even go to my prom. — Andrea Barrett

The man in black travels with your soul in his pocket. — Stephen King

Becoming unremarkable, invisible, compliant--these were useful tricks for a black man in a white neighborhood. Survival techniques. — Victor LaValle

You know the world is messed up when the tallest man in the NBA is Chinese, the best golfer is black, and the best rapper is white. — Chris Rock

Maya Angelou had the ability to glean inspiration out of pain. — The Prophet Of Life

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black. — Shirley Chisholm

It's no disgrace to be black, but it's often very inconvenient. — James Weldon Johnson

Persian envoy "our arrows will black out the sun ... " Dienekes of the Spartans.."Good, then we'll fight in the shade. — Steven Pressfield

The most I can hope for is to die in a pose that confuses future archaeologists. — Yahtzee Croshaw

When Henry Ford said, "The customer can have a car in any color as long as it's black," he was not joking. — Peter Drucker

The world is more than black and white. Seeing everything in color helps me raise my spirit and find my happy. Life is meant to be lived in color! — Jodi Livon

My computer background is a black and white picture I took of the Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum in Brazil. — Emma Ishta

You can't shoot in sepia, so converting into black and white and then into brown makes everything feel less real. — Martin Parr

After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that. — Reggie Jackson

Right and wrong
Black and white
And many shades
Of gray
I want color in my life
Color in my dreams. — Lisa Schroeder

She is one of those black people who want to be the only black person in the room, so any other black person is an immediate threat to her. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Does it come in black? — E.M. Lawrence

Every girl should have a little black dress, a great boyfriend blazer and a pair of skinny jeans in their wardrobe. — Lauren Conrad

Levi was a black-and-white photograph in the dark. All pale skin, gray eyes, streaky hair ... — Rainbow Rowell

... I to you will open The book of a black sin, deep printed in me. ... my disease lies in my soul. Thomas Dekker, The Noble Spanish Soldier — Robert Galbraith

You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them. — Harrison Ford

As a child, I experienced black culture as many people did in America: on the TV, radio, and stages. — Shawn Amos

As would-be songwriters, our interest was in black music and black music only. We wanted to write songs for black voices. — Mike Stoller

Black people in America have to, for their own protection, develop a defense mechanism, and I just grew terribly tired of it. — Randall Robinson

The sands of desert may be very white and shiny, but I would much rather sow my seeds in black soil. — Rabindranath Tagore

I dared fix my eyes one instant toward glory:
a black point is settled in my avid eye. — Joanna McClure

When I was arrested I was dressed in black — Johnny Cash

I see love in black and white. Passion in shades of "gris". But when it comes to you and I, color is all I see. — Lady Gaga

Don't look for a black cat in a dark room, especially if it is not there ... — Confucius

In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids. — Bill Condon

If not for the direct action of a John Brown and his comrades, America would still trade in the flesh of the black man. — Emma Goldman

God is not interested merely in the freedom of black men, and brown men, and yellow men; God is interested in the freedom of the whole human race. — Martin Luther King Jr.

To read of human depravity in the police reports is one thing, to see it fall like a black shadow across one's life is another. — William John Locke

My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York. — Abbey Lee Kershaw

Paddy was in the delivery room when the midwife handed him a black baby. "Is this yours?" she asked "probably" said Paddy "she burns everything else" — Billy Connolly

There is absolutely nothing monstrous about being a vampire. In fact, it's quite beautiful. — Rae Hachton

Good God." he said incredulously. "You've got a black belt in purse attack, that's for damn sure. — Linda Howard

It's hard to know which stars in the sky will turn into black holes. And which ones will open up worm holes into entire new universes. — James Altucher

It's odd to see a black person painting his nails in Miami, especially in the hip-hop community. — SpaceGhostPurrp

Which is probably the reason why I work exclusively in black and white ... to highlight that contrast. — Leonard Nimoy

In the domain of cops and robbers, an interdiction serves to structure a black market and a shadow economy. — William Irwin Thompson

My heart isn't big enough to care for the oppressors. — Darnell Lamont Walker

In 1965, Gibson made the red one I use now, and a black one, which was the first black 335 they ever made. — Johnny Rivers

The vampire looked at her in bewilderment. Then he glanced toward the door and his expression grew sly. "If you free me, I could hold them off. — Holly Black

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

I grew up in an all-black neighbourhood in Decatur, Georgia - a kinda lower-middle-class area. — Keri Hilson

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

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

While the black coal rose jutting round them, and the props of wood stood like little pillars in the low, black, very dark temple. — D.H. Lawrence

But you are a black boy, and you must be responsible for your body in a way that other boys cannot know. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

In papergaming, players can look at a character sheet of their own creation and see all of their skills, right there, in black and white. — Warren Spector

The boys laughed and peered in the direction of the girl with Kitty Wells dyed black hair. — Nancy B. Brewer

Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President. — Samuel L. Jackson

A Black Belt under the Nogueira Brothers is like saying I got a free toy in my happy meal — Chael Sonnen

I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure. — Octavia E. Butler

Going into a cave might be like going inside one's own mind, crawling around in the pitch-black, nook-and-crannied labyrinth of the human psyche. — Barbara Hurd

When we walked the mowed margins of the field in the evenings, a school of black crickets sprang ahead of us like dolphins in front of a ship. — Kristin Kimball

In the span of a few minuted, he'd gone from his usual Mr. Cranky-Pants to Sir Kissy Smiles-A-Lot. — Julie Ann Walker

Envy isn't always green; it's often black and white!" (On book reviews - from an article written in 2013) — Eric J. Gates

I wanted to make a movie about a black family in Middle America. I wanted to make a film where everyone can look at them and say, 'This is my family.' — George Tillman Jr.

Her voice was like a line from an old black-and-white Jean-Luc Godard movie, filtering in just beyond the frame of my consciousness. — Haruki Murakami

Night is a stealthy, evil Raven, Wrapt to the eyes in his black wings. — Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Corn wind in the fall, come off the black lands, come off the whisper of the silk hangers, the lap of the flat spear leaves. — Carl Sandburg

During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Earlier in her career, she illustrated the first paperback covers for the entire Black Stallion series, as well as — Jean Slaughter Doty

I'd love to have Michael Jackson [in my show] because he's black and white. So he would appeal to a universal demographic. — George Lopez

I was bused to a school in Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn in 1972. I was one of the first black kids in the history of the school. — Chris Rock

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