"When they kept you out it was because you were black; when they let you in, it is because you are black. That's progress?"

-- Marilyn French

#Black Quotes #Liberty Quotes #Progress Quotes

“I kept my age quiet for a good few years. I didn't see it as a positive. I worked remotely, so I just didn't tell people.”
“The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods.”
“Vlad made a mental note to amend the friend code: thou shalt not date the girl that thy best friend has a crush on...nor shalt thou try sticking thy best friend in the chest with a sharp hunk of wood.”

Source : Heather Brewer (2008). “Ninth Grade Slays #2: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod”, p.125, Penguin
“I have to just worry about my own opinion and the opinions of the people I'm working with and people who are close to me.”

Source : "'Sleeping Beauty' Star Emily Browning: 'I knew it would be more intense than anything I’ve done before'". Interview with Brian Brooks, www.indiewire.com. November 30, 2011.
“There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.”
“It's amazing the things that you cry at. I cry when I smell my son's hair in the morning. We have a moment of peace and I'll be like, 'Ahhhh! How can you love this much?'”
“I generally play villains once every three or four years by choice because I get offered villainous roles a lot, because of the way I look and whatever. And I tend to avoid them because I think you can end up in a cul-de-sac of your own making if you're cast in that.”
“Given that I have to share my computer with my three children, it's not usually a site that I get to spend that much time on. I'm usually on the Nickelodeon site, coloring with my little five year old or something.”

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