The Black Donnellys Beginning Quotes

In the beginning it was all black and white. ~ Maureen O'Hara

I was wearing black clothes almost from the beginning. I feel comfortable in black. I felt like black looked good onstage, that it was attractive, so I started wearing it all the time. ~ Johnny Cash

From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman. ~ Nina Simone

The thing about being black and having a different accent, in the beginning, is that it makes you foreign. ~ C. C. H. Pounder

You listen to Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio in it, and it's not Black Sabbath. They should have just called it 'Heaven and Hell' right from the beginning. Because you listen to that 'Heaven and Hell' album, that doesn't sound anything close to Black Sabbath. ~ Zakk Wylde

I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn't black: in the beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley. ~ Spike Lee

Body piercing and baggy clothes express identity among black youth, and not just beginning with hip-hop culture. Moreover, young black entrepreneurs like Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs and Russell Simmons have made millions from their clothing lines. ~ Michael Eric Dyson

It can be safely asserted that since early Colonial times, the North has had a distinct race problem. Every one of these States had slaves, and at the beginning of Washington's Administration, there were 40,000 black slaves and 17,000 black freemen in this section. ~ W.E.B. Du Bois

The outcome, the fourth in an issue of five boys born into a staunch Baptist home, meant that from the beginning I was taught to be respectful of others no less than myself, influencing ever since both my political and administrative attitudes. ~ James W. Black

The worst of the action films are the ones where everything is one shout from beginning to finish. And there's no differentiation between beats, like small or big, or quiet or expansive. It's all just one loud shout. ~ Shane Black

I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New York, for instance, when the civil rights movement was just beginning, and that created a certain energy, a certain rumble, a certain impetus for black actors. ~ James Earl Jones

I'll wait for you as long as it takes, Evan," he says.
"I'll test your patience," I warn, my smile beginning to show itself again.
"You already do. ~ Lilly Black

On the Black Sea, my father saw it begin. And on the Black Sea, seventy years on, I saw the beginning of its end. ~ Neal Ascherson

Everywhere, people are beginning to question masculine notions of control, aggression and black-and-white thinking - and instead are favoring more empathetic, nurturing and collaborative approaches. ~ John Gerzema

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. ~ Seneca.

I want to be remembered as an actor who put in some good work in the beginning of his career, even better work at the end of his career and slowly, successfully made the transition into writing and directing. ~ Jonathan Brandis

To begin at the beginning: It is a spring moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black. ~ Dylan Thomas

Black, intelligent, and educated... Now that's POWER. ~ Stephanie Lahart

This Queen right here is educated and beautiful with a degree. ~ Stephanie Lahart

Everything has a beginning and an end. Life is just a cycle of starts and stops. There are ends we don't desire, but they're inevitable, we have to face them. It's what being human is all about. ~ Jet Black

Sometimes I felt like I was waiting for my life to begin and more than anything, in that moment, I wanted to force some kind of beginning. I wanted things to be different than usual. I wanted to bend reality. ~ Holly Black

If indeed all lives mattered, we would not need to emphatically proclaim that "Black Lives Matter." Or, as we discover on the BLM website: Black Women Matter, Black Girls Matter, Black Gay Lives Matter, Black Bi Lives Matter, Black Boys Matter, Black Queer Lives Matter, Black Men Matter, Black Lesbians Matter, Black Trans Lives Matter, Black Immigrants Matter, Black Incarcerated Lives Matter. Black Differently Abled Lives Matter. Yes, Black Lives Matter, Latino/Asian American/Native American/Muslim/Poor and Working-Class White Peoples Lives matter. There are many more specific instances we would have to nane before we can ethically and comfortably claim that All Lives Matter. ~ Angela Y. Davis

Through Miss Behave I am attempting to reclaim my voice one word at a time and live my truth to the best of my ability ~ Malebo Sephodi

Marvelously entertaining, Gabrielle Donnellys The Little Women Letters evokes the spirit of Louisa May Alcotts Little Women with warmth and affection. I thoroughly enjoyed every word of this wonderful book. ~ Jennifer Chiaverini

Be Black, buy Black, think Black, and all else will take care of itself. ~ Marcus Garvey

We go hard in the ink! ~ K'wan

Dear Young Black Males… Our Future Black Kings: I'm 100% rooting for you, I wholeheartedly believe in you, I deeply care about you, I genuinely love you, and I honestly want to see you succeed in EVERY area of your life. ~ Stephanie Lahart

Uplift. Inspire. Elevate. Black Women Win! ~ Stephanie Lahart

He has drawn back, only in order to have enough room for his leap ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

I began to practise day and night, and the more I did, the more I was overwhelmed by the tremendous achievement of that great family of black American musicians I was beginning to know closely. ~ Gilad Atzmon

It's ironic when black non-Muslims say Islam is not a religion that uplifts black people when two of the most celebrated black heroes in recent history were both Muslim; Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali. ~ Habeeb Akande

Black Barbie? Nah… I'm an unapologetic Exquisite Black Queen who's intelligent, creative, courageous, confident, ambitious, and authentic. My beauty is just a bonus! ~ Stephanie Lahart

I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa. ~ Langston Hughes

Whiteness is the color of death, you know, not black. Wetness is life, the breeder and shaper of life. In the beginning the sun was black. So all light was absorbed before it had a chance to return. And our dreams, then, were empty. ~ Jim Carroll

Black bodies have become ornamental, haven't they? ~ Darnell Lamont Walker

So many people think being single is the end of something, but it's really a beginning - a good beginning. ~ Lauren London

ALPHA: sleek black-and-brown female with a white fang-shaped mark below her ear (also known as Blade) BETA: huge black-and-tan male (also known as Mace) DAGGER - brown-and-tan male with a stubby face PISTOL - black-and-tan female BRUTE - black-and-tan male RIPPER - black-and-tan female REVOLVER - black-and-tan male AXE - large black-and-brown male SCYTHE - large black-and-tan female BLUDGEON - massive black-and-tan male MUSKET - black-and-brown male CANNON - brown-and-tan female LANCE - black-and-tan male ARROW - young black-and-tan male OMEGA: smaller black-and-brown male (also known as Bullet) PUPS: FANG - brown-and-tan male LONE ~ Erin Hunter

We'd all been taught that, in a circle, there is no beginning, no end. Energy flows without ceasing. One can enter and exit without ever disrupting it. Something magical happens when people gather in a circle. Individual identities swirl into a collective self, which wields far more spiritual force than any one person alone. We ~ Daniel Black

There's something about black. You feel hidden away in it. ~ Georgia O'Keeffe

I'm trying to take culture and put it onstage, demonstrate it is capable of sustaining you. There is no idea that can't be contained by life: Asian life, European life, certainly black life. My plays are about love, honor, duty, betrayal - things humans have written about since the beginning of time. ~ August Wilson

I'm a powerful being ... a wizard," Corny said. "So don't try anything."
"Yes," said the little faery, blinking black eyes rapidly. "No. Try nothing. ~ Holly Black

In fact, she realized when they finally found their table and sat down, every single woman at the banquet was dressed in some variation of back. Black silk, black chiffon, black with beads, black with rhinestones, short black cocktail dresses, black evening dresses, and even black pantsuits. All black. There was no way she was going to get lost in this crowd, not in her pink-and-orange poppy print ~ Leslie Meier

The Black Man... He can, he does, he WINS. ~ Stephanie Lahart

As would-be songwriters, our interest was in black music and black music only. We wanted to write songs for black voices. ~ Mike Stoller

There's no Chanel collection without black. (It) will never exist. Who can live without some black clothes. ~ Karl Lagerfeld

To me, goth is like really hard black lipstick, black nails, black clothes. ~ Shawna Thompson

I'm a black man that is proud to be black, and I want to help the black community, but I love all mankind. ~ Common

Black female entrepreneurs don't make excuses, we find solutions. We're leaders, resourceful, ambitious, hardworking, and creative. We're powerful, unstoppable, confident, smart, and fearless. We're Exquisite Black Queens that represent Black Excellence… We are success! There's no denying it… Black female entrepreneurs are resilient and we rock! ~ Stephanie Lahart

One's truest nature is often the hardest to fight. ~ Vortigern Black

He felt the evidence showed that some metaphysical force had directed evolution at three different points: the beginning of life, the beginning of consciousness, and the beginning of civilized culture. ~ Julian Jaynes

Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning. ~ Anselm Kiefer

The community certainly included black English professors, like my mother, as well as black doctors and dentists, black mechanics, janitors, and contractors, black cobblers, wedding planners, real estate agents, and undertakers, several black lawyers, and a handful of black Mary Kay salespeople. As a child, however, I knew so many African Americans working in science, math, and engineering that I thought that's just what black folks did. ~ Margot Lee Shetterly

I think the number one thing Black women and all Black people should be paying attention to is our health. ~ Bell Hooks

Black Girls… Just be BRAVE. ~ Stephanie Lahart

Things are not quite so simple always as black and white. ~ Doris Lessing

Black women were beautifully created at birth. We were blessed with melanin in our skin, which makes us Exquisitely Beautiful. From the lightest to the darkest skin tone, our melanin is Fiercely Poppin' on Purpose. There's no denying it, a Black woman's beauty is elegant! We are Black Queens... Uniquely perfect, flaws and all! ~ Stephanie Lahart

It was darker than a pitch-black panther, covered in tar, eating black licorice at the very bottom of the deepest part of the Black Sea. ~ Lemony Snicket

It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor. ~ Larry Holmes

People called me 'Iman the black model'. In my country, we're all black, so nobody called somebody else black. It was foreign to my ears. ~ Iman

Dear Exquisite Black Queen... No matter what shade of MELANIN you are, know that your skin tone is brilliant. You, my Queen, are phenomenally made! ~ Stephanie Lahart

If you don't know why you're apologizing, your apology probably sucks. ~ Holly Black

Black women have been cultured to compare not connect. ~ Michaela Angela Davis

Black makes your life so much simpler. Everything matches black, especially black. ~ Nora Ephron

First time I got the full sight of Shug Avery long black body with it black plum nipples, look like her mouth, I thought I had turned into a man ~ Alice Walker

When in doubt, I always say, wear black. You can never go wrong with black. ~ Meg Cabot

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end. ~ Quintilian

Black was bestlooking ... Ebony was the best wood, the hardest wood; it was black. Virginia ham was the best ham. It was black on the outside. Tuxedos and tail coats were black and they were a man's finest, most expensive clothes. You had to use pepper to make most meats and vegetables fit to eat. The most flavorsome pepper was black. The best caviar was black. The rarest jewels were black: black opals, black pearls. ~ Ann Petry

I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the rights of black people everywhere. ~ Allan Dare Pearce

We'll worry about cock holding later. ~ Lilly Black

Busy Building FUND$ While Y'all Have FUN. ~ Stephanie Lahart

In theory, cars are fairly simple. If they don't start, it's either the fuel system or the electrical system. Teach yourself about the path of each in your engine and tracing it is fairly straightforward. But at the beginning, mastering each new system seems like an unreachable shore. The car is effectively a black box. ~ Adam Savage

Well who's black and what is a black person? ~ Pam Grier

Kate was beginning to put distance between her sense of betrayal, her anger, and Dexter's behavior. She was beginning to take his side. Or at least beginning to be able to see things from it. ~ Chris Pavone

The bride and her hero are whisked away in their long black limousine, the one that drops you off at the beginning of your life. ~ Bruce Springsteen

If our inconceivably ancient universe even had any beginning, the conditions determining that beginning must even now be engraved in the atomic weights. ~ Theodore William Richards

There's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do a movie based on a Black writer's book that everybody is going to be Black. ~ Gabrielle Union

You're the mold. ~ Lilly Black

Racist dermatologists think all black people have really bad skin. ~ Anthony Jeselnik

My composition often goes toward the black middle class or the black super-wealthy or strong historical black figures. ~ Rashid Johnson

You want fucked? ~ Lilly Black

I am a Black woman... Exquisite from the inside out. ~ Stephanie Lahart

I think that many black people thought this would be a wonderful and extraordinary thing, for a black family to occupy the White House. Not only black people; a lot of white people thought that, too, but particularly black people. ~ Randall Kennedy

He knew that the King was so much bigger than the circumstances they faced. ~ Chuck Black

There's a lot of racism going on. Who's more racist, black people or white people? It's black people! You know why? Because we hate black people too! Everything white people don't like about black people, black people really don't like about black people. ~ Chris Rock

Black drinks the sun and draws all colours into it.
I am bleached white, my truant love. Come back,
and stain me with the intensity of black. ~ Robert Graves

In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is frequently heard that Black women are more easily hired than are Black men. ~ Audre Lorde

I read so much stuff that black women say, especially about my relationship. 'Oh, he left his black wife to go be with some exotic chick.' First of all, my girl is black: she's Jamaican. ~ Kevin Hart

Since the beginning of my recording career in 1975, I have had a little difficulty because the pop stations think I'm a jazzer who doesn't have a feeling for pop, so it's hard to get my records played. Similarly, black urban radio doesn't understand that with my R&B roots, I am more than a jazz singer. So I get pigeonholed. ~ Al Jarreau

Dear Exquisite Black Queen… You are original, unique, and exquisite! Embrace your imperfections with confidence and self-love. Your authentic self is your best self! Flaws and all, you're still a rare gem! Black woman, you are phenomenal, please believe that! ~ Stephanie Lahart

I don't see myself as the Great Black Hope. I'm just a golfer who happens to be black and Asian. It doesn't matter whether they're white, black, brown or green. ~ Tiger Woods

What would America be like if we loved black people as much as we loved black culture? ~ Amandla Stenberg

Always believe in the magic of a new beginning ~ Dido Stargaze

There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning ... There is something. There is nothing. ~ Zhuangzi

Don't you dare come into my world and tell me what color the ocean is! It's black. Black as midnight. Black and awful! ~ Nadia Scrieva

[ ... ] the only folks who kill black folks any more are black folks. [ ... ] black folks kill more black folks than the KKK ever did. ~ Michael Nutter

What!? You tell people that, I won't get no more black movies? ~ Chris Tucker

When the charge first came up, I hated black women. Then, going to trial, I started seeing the black women that was helping me. It's mostly black female guards. They treat me with human respect. ~ Tupac Shakur

I've always had an interest in complicating the way that we perceive the black character, whether it's the black academic or scholar or activist or black intellectual. ~ Rashid Johnson

Which is probably the reason why I work exclusively in black and white ... to highlight that contrast. ~ Leonard Nimoy

There's nothing quite as funny as someone else's misery - Cassel Sharpe ~ Holly Black