Black Or White Quotes

• One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion.

  Tim Ferriss

  Inspirational, Passion, Black And White

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• This song ain't black or white and as far as I know it don't infringe on anyone's copyright.

  George Harrison

  Song, Rock And Roll, White

  Song: This Song

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• Nothing's black or white in our country - you're either brilliant or you're hopeless

  Alan Shearer

  Country, White, Black

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• I'm thinking about American votes and American - all Americans, black or white have to be concerned about what's happening in the world.

  Greg Gutfeld

  Thinking, White, Black

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I don’t care if the cat is black or white, I just want it to kill the mice.

  Deng Xiaoping

  Cat, White, Black

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• We like things to be black or white, tall or short, here or there. We like to consider two sides to every story. Unfortunately, there aren't always two sides. Sometimes there's only one; more often, there are multitudes. Many facets on the stone. Nooks and crannies in abundance. Things are usually not either black or white, but multicolored.

  Barry Leiba

  Integrity, Two Sides, White

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• I asked her if I was black or white. She replied "You are a human being. Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!

  James McBride

  White, Black, Educate

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• I'd have wasted a lot of time and trouble before I learned that the best way to take all people, black or white, is to take them for what they think they are, then leave them alone.

  William Faulkner

  Thinking, White, People

  William Faulkner (2011). “FAULKNER READER”, p.87, Modern Library

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• There was no black or white. Someone who had been good her entire life could, in fact, do something evil. People were just as capable of committing murder, under the right circumstances, as any monster.

  Jodi Picoult

  Evil People, White, Black

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• There are only two colors to paint a boat, black or white, and only a fool would paint a boat black.

  Nathanael Greene Herreshoff

  Color, Two, White

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• Poverty is everyone's problem. It cuts across any line you can name: age, race, social, geographic or religious. Whether you are black or white; rich, middle-class or poor, we are ALL touched by poverty

  Kathleen Blanco

  Religious, Cutting, Rich Or Poor

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• Being black or white isn't an accomplishment. What you do with your life - or what you accomplish with your life - dictates what you should be proud of.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, White, Accomplishment

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• I believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or who you love. It doesn't matter whether you're black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, able, disabled, gay or straight, you can make it here in America if you're willing to try.

  Barack Obama

  Believe, Hard Work, Native American

  Second Presidential Election Victory Speech, delivered 7 November 2012, McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois

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• I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of grey.

  Jeffrey Archer

  Years, White, Black

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• I can give or take elephants; I never can find the cheetah-but the zebras captivate me. They'd be one of the few things that would fit if we were lucky enough to live in a world that's black or white.

  Jodi Picoult

  Zebras, Elephants, White

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

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• Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school.

  Henry Louis Gates

  School, Kids, Law

  "Henry Louis Gates Uncovers 'Faces Of America'". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. February 17, 2010.

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• You didn't know whether Chuck Berry was black or white - it was not a concern.

  Keith Richards

  White, Black, Berries

  "'I loved rock'n'roll - but then we found the blues'" by Keith Richards, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2009.

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• Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are.

  Denzel Washington

  Life, Success, Faith

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• It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.

  Victoria Woodhull

  Christian, Love You, Mean

  Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1974). “The Victoria Woodhull Reader”, Weston, Mass. : M&S Press

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• White-on-white crime is a devastation in America like so-called black-on-black crime. It's not black or white-on-white crime. It's proximity murder.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  White, America, Black

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• Nothing is black or white.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiring, White, Black

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• You are a white. The Imperial Wizard. Now, if you don't think this is logic you can burn me on the fiery cross. This is the logic: You have the choice of spending fifteen years married to a woman, a black woman or a white woman. Fifteen years kissing and hugging and sleeping real close on hot nights. With a black, black woman or a white, white woman. The white woman is Kate Smith. And the black woman is Lena Horne. So you're not concerned with black or white anymore, are you? You are concerned with how cute or how pretty. Then let's really get basic and persecute ugly people!

  Lenny Bruce

  Cute, Real, Sleep

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• Love was that way. You could not render it in black or white. It always came down to the strange, blended shades of grey.

  Jodi Picoult

  White, Black, Shade

  Jodi Picoult (2002). “Picture Perfect”, p.313, Penguin

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• In a perfect world everything would be either black or white, right or wrong, and everyone would know the difference. But this isn't a perfect world. The problem is people who think it is.

  Neal Shusterman

  Thinking, White, Differences

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• Football is mesmerizing, because it's a figurative war. You go in one direction till you get there, but you get there as a team, not as an individual. Players bond whether they're black or white, much as soldiers do.

  Oliver Stone

  Football, War, Team

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