"I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with a Southern accent, you can't tell whether it's a black or a white person."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Johnnie Cochran

#Talking Quotes #White Quotes #Southern Quotes

“And sometimes when we listen, we are led into places we do not expect, into adventures we do not always understand.”
“I went into the foreign service because I was interested in politics. But, in 1991, when I joined, I didn't see much of an opportunity to be involved in federal politics as a Conservative. We were at the tail end of the Brian Mulroney era. I wanted to do something non-partisan as a way of preparing for a role in our politics later.”

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“I actually think that many of the musicians who have something meaningful to say don't win competitions. An incredible pianist like Horowitz had so much to say, but he might not win anything in competition because of his wrong notes.”
“I'll bet your father spent the first year of your life throwing rocks at the stork.”

Source : (Marx Brothers) At the Circus (1939 film)
“There's actually a lot of information on a lot of people and that is a major achievement of a police state.”
“To handle paint the way Pollock did, you need the muscularity of a ballet dancer.”
“If we continue to show young girls that they are being compared to other girls, weâ€™re doing ourselves a huge disservice as a society. I surround myself with smart, beautiful, passionate, driven, ambitious women. Other women who are killing it should motivate you, thrill you, challenge you and inspire you rather than threaten you and make you feel like youâ€™re immediately being compared to them. The only thing I compare myself to is me, two years ago, or me one year ago.”
“The major cause for American Negroes intellectual and social deficits is hereditary and racially genetic in origin and thus not remedial to a major degree by improvement in environment.”

Source : "NRA Leader Once Worked for Professor Who Claimed Blacks Were Genetically Inferior" by David Corn and Pema Levy, www.motherjones.com. May 1, 2018.

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