"Part of the history of black people in the western hemisphere, in some ways, has been fleeing from this notion that they were black. So I can represent an ideal, and with that, you can demonstrate that there is nothing to be afraid of, nothing to run from, and that, in fact, a good deal of beauty that resides there."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Kerry James Marshall

#Running Quotes #People Quotes #Black Quotes

“... I doubt the capacity of the human animal for being dignified in ceremony.”
“If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm a human being I'm not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.”
“The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an age; but that of a good one will not reform it.”
“The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.”
“I don't get embarrassed.”
“Within the microcosm of a film you get drawn to people. There are certain projects you care enormously about, and 'The Edge Of Love' was one because I was portraying a great hero of mine, Dylan Thomas.”
“Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo.”

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