"I make sure that my pictures are not too erotic and that they always have a trace of humor. I make sure they are â€˜in good taste.â€™ Either you understand it or not."

-- Mel Ramos

“My mom is Jamaican and Chinese, and my dad is Polish and African American, so I'm pretty mixed. My nickname in high school was United Nations. I was fine with it, even though I identify as a black woman. People don't realize it hurts my feelings when someone looks at my hair or my eyes, and says, "But you're not actually black. You're black, but you're not black black, because your eyes are green." I'm like, "What? No, no, I'm definitely black." Even some of my closest friends have said that. It's been a bit touchy for me.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“Until the end of the Middle Ages, and in many cases afterwards too, in order to obtain initiation in a trade of any sort whatever--whether that of courtier, soldier, administrator, merchant or workman--a boy did not amass the knowledge necessary to ply that trade before entering it, but threw himself into it; he then acquired the necessary knowledge.”

Source : Philippe Ariès (1962). “Centuries of childhood: a social history of family life”, Vintage
“And maybe it is only by finding yourself that you can feel the true intensity of becoming close to another person.”
“Exploiting a sustainable competitive advantage is great... If you can find it.”
“I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was.”
“Sometimes I feel like tap-dancing, screeching, unscrewing light bulbs, pulling curtains, combing hair, doing knee bends, handstands and turning somersaults out there.”
“Anybody who tunes into Rush Limabaugh already knows what he's going to say and is already inclined to agree. So it winds up creating tribes.”
“What happened to our friendship? I really think it's our obligation as friends to be brutally honest and be frank with them and say, 'Look, I'm sorry, but your baby is fking boring.'”

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