"I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female."

-- Queen Latifah

#Class Quotes #People Quotes #African American Quotes

“When we hear a Mozart piano concerto today, we're most likely to hear the piano part played on a modern concert grand. In the hands of a professional pianist, such a piano can bury the strings and the winds and hold its own against the brass. But Mozart wasn't composing for a nine-foot-long, thousand-pound piano; he was composing for a five-and-a-half-foot-long, hundred-and-fifty-pound piano built from balsa wood and dental floss.”
“A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage.”
“I think playing solo is a second rate activity, really. For me, playing is about playing with other people.”
“They're [sportsmen] willing to give up a lot of other things that perhaps we all enjoy doing: eating and drinking and playing or whatever. They give up an awful lot to perform at the highest level.”
“The key is, no matter what story you tell, make your buyer the hero.”

Source : Chris Brogan (2014). “The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth: Entrepreneurship for Weirdos, Misfits, and World Dominators”, p.159, John Wiley & Sons
“It's about time that we create first class citizenship for every American plain and simple. Every New Jersey-ian. This should not be a popular vote. This is something we should do now.”
“As athletes, we think we're heroes, but when you witness firsthand what I saw yesterday, you realize who the real heroes are.”
“In my belief, there's one spirit. I prefer to call it the Holy Spirit. I don't think it matters if you call it God or Allah or Jesus or Fred or David or too early in the morning or whatever.”

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