I think O. J. Simpson was a very prominent figure in the African-American community. He was sort of a manifestation of the American dream: 'If it can happen for him, it can happen for me.'
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Related 'The Firebird' just symbolizes a lot for me and my career. It was one of the first really bi... MISTY COPELAND I don't buy the argument that there can't be a successful independent candidacy for the pres... MARK MCKINNON (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON I think he was a great role model for the kids. I think it was great for them to see that if you sti... BILL GALLAGHER I'm always telling people baseball needs to be more prominent in the African American community.... MATT KEMP There's no question that O.J. Simpson had been a substitute white man in America. He had gained ... MICHAEL ERIC DYSON Bolivar's legacy has always been a part of the Venezuelan/Latin American imagery, especially in ... EDGAR RAMIREZ I think the American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persi... SANFORD I. WEILL We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil ri... HENRY LOUIS GATES Picking apart a story for its scientific underpinnings doesn't diminish it, it enhances it, make... KYLE HILL I always believed there would be an African-American president. It was something I'd dreamed abo... EDWARD BROOKE The American dream has now morphed into an expectation. And if it isn't provided, or if it doesn... RUSH LIMBAUGH Life depends on you and your choices. The real value of your life largely depends on what you do wit... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH As a community, we're fighting for Asians to play Asian roles. And then there's the other ba... ROSS BUTLER One of the great intellectual failures of the American intelligence community, and especially the co... MICHAEL SCHEUER My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a b... GABBY DOUGLAS I want to be remembered for a body of work so that when the next guy comes up, he could think of Ste... STERLING K. BROWN In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopefu... DON MCLEAN I think, for the first time, people are starting to say, 'That's Sterling K. Brown,' whi... STERLING K. BROWN I can't speak American dog very well. There was a lot of improvisation with Uggie - like when I ... JEAN DUJARDIN I think Mr. Cosby has always been very much an activist and a big proponent of African-American prid... KESHIA KNIGHT PULLIAM We are excited to continue to be a sponsor of NABJ. Through our partnerships and sponsorship of prom... EDD SNYDER The major international appeal for 'House of Cards' was kind of a surprise because it's ... TED SARANDOS It's storybook stuff. I knew way back it was going to happen for him. I just didn't think it'd happe... DAVID MCDONALD I wrote 'Wish U Were Here' for Cody Simpson, and he invited me to perform with him on tour a... BECKY G I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African Ameri... MATT KEMP I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community... J. C. WATTS All roads lead to 'American Pie.' 'As American as apple pie' was the saying. It was ... DON MCLEAN Drop down someone else's shoe and run to take your own quickly. Don't hire your own to anybody, else... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I'm sort of awkward with technology, and I think I'm the type of guy who would have somethin... BEN BASS If you dream it, it can happen. DYLAN TAYLOR Being the only African American at this level in American Ballet Theater, I feel like people are loo... MISTY COPELAND I can't legislate a song into being; it just will not happen for me. DAVID CROSBY Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Remember... MICHAEL ERIC DYSON My understanding of racial discrimination as a child was highly distorted because the most prominent... JIMMY CARTER Nothing can motivate me any more than I'm already motivated. It just can't happen. Me being ... DAVID BAUTISTA If we all took a minute to reflect upon the wrong we do we would be quite surprised or shocked.Inste... GARY F EVANS... I think that American music, for me, it's a synthesis of a lot of different things. But for me g... JAMES TAYLOR With respect to Barack Obama, let's face it; Barack Obama is an iconic figure in the African-Ame... ARTUR DAVIS That song didn't just happen. It grew out of my experiences. 'American Pie' was part of ... DON MCLEAN That was it - I lost my job... I was very discouraged. I wanted to be in defense work... I'm an ... FRED KOREMATSU I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the... ANITA HILL I was repeatedly told that there isn't an African American woman who can open a show on Broadway... LYNN NOTTAGE I'm an American searching for some sort of parameters, a way of life - I'm looking for a sli... WARIS AHLUWALIA It's a pressing issue in the African-American community and for the larger general public. ANTHONY CLARK Curvy African-American women were celebrated. These girls didn't experience anxiety and shame about ... GAYLE BROOKS It's going to take a while before you see a lot of African American drivers out there, but one day i... BILL LESTER African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience ... CHAKA FATTAH I did Phone Booth, and that was shot very, very quickly, but that was Joel Schumacher, who's sho... KATIE HOLMES In the community, in the African-American community, one person ought to say something, and that is ... CLEMENTA C. PINCKNEY The African-American community still needs to come together as one and stand up for rights of the pe... ZIGGY MARLEY I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African Am... MALCOLM D. LEE Nowadays, people always say, how come he's doing such young shows? But they never mention The Mo... AARON SPELLING I feel that The American Dream is this fallacy that you come to the United States and win lotto. Tha... JAMES GRAY I think it?s a very good idea. If it can work, Dave?s the person who can make it (happen). DICK HANDBURY 'Paranormal 1' scared me because I didn't know if it was real or what. 'Blair Witch&... MARLON WAYANS I've always been into theatre so it was very important for me to come and see her, especially becaus... JOVAN PRINTERS He was the prominent figure of the civil rights movement, promoting diversity not just for African-A... COLIN JONES I was in the American League for 16, 17 years, and I think it's a really tough league to compete... TONY LA RUSSA Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day A... TAVIS SMILEY There is a very definite Russian heart in me; that never dies. I think you're born and you live ... PAULLINA SIMONS Al Jolson was my first husband. He always used to boast that he was spoiling me for any man who migh... RUBY KEELER Something did happen, and I really don't feel proud of it. DEYTH BANGER I have the utmost respect for them. It was formed at the time of great violence and danger, particul... WILLIAM MORRIS I had this idea that I wanted to do this mixture of visions of African American women and visions of... FAITH RINGGOLD Elvis Presley was the big bang. He was the most influential single figure in the history of American... JIMMY IOVINE I'm a member of the American Chemical Society, and in its magazine, the 'Chemical and Engine... DONNA NELSON College is part of the American dream. It shouldn't be part of a financial nightmare for familie... BARBARA MIKULSKI There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports. J. C. WATTS Politics was put in front of me. I do politics because it's the vehicle for change and because I... DAVID MIXNER It takes time for brown people and people of different ethnicities to get into the Hollywood world, ... UTKARSH AMBUDKAR If you can dream it, you can do it. ENZO FERRARI I think at places like 'Slate' or the magazine where I work, there was a really poor record ... TA-NEHISI COATES I was the first African-American woman to play Maggie in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' It was at ... TAMARA TUNIE I've seen the power of the community. A young person can stand up, talk about his dream, and som... LAKSHMI PRATURY The African-American community has a grave interest in the outcome of this case. GREG JOHNSON I think generalizations of any sort are dangerous. I'll say, if that is the case - right now it&... KERRY WASHINGTON Homer Simpson is one of my favorite people, though he's not real. He represents the American who... MITCHELL JOACHIM When I make an American movie it's going to come out all over the world-it doesn't happen th... MONICA BELLUCCI I sort of came out at the dawn of the Internet in the mid-90s and I think it helped break my career.... JEWEL I didn't have a manifesto. I had some discontent. It seemed to me that midcentury mainstream Ame... WILLIAM GIBSON For me everything in the film was gradually building, becoming more emotional, so it helped. At the ... CAMILLA BELLE African-American history is not something that can be put on display solely during the month of Febr... ROBERT HALL It was big, very big. I think a lot of people came in here today thinking we were just going to beat... MATT ERICKSON He was very well-respected as a major league ump, but I always imagined it had to be tough for a you... CHARLIE WILLIAMS It's a little funny for me, because I'm part Jamaican as well, and I am very familiar with the Jamai... MALCOLM HARRIS I think in a way, you're doomed, once you can envision something. You're sort of doomed to m... CHUCK PALAHNIUK I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent an... ORLANDO BLOOM Any staffing changes that disproportionately cut the number of African Americans at CNN - intentiona... MARCIA FUDGE It's time for a recovery and reassessment of North American thinkers. Marshall McLuhan, Leslie F... CAMILLE PAGLIA Look at the coded language the Right is using against President Barack Obama. Openly calling him a l... JESSE JACKSON For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the ol... SAMANTHA SHANNON I am blessed and have been very fortunate to have played for some great coaches, ... My former high ... KYLE BRADY Yeah, I think that's sort of the American way. And it's also the Polish way, it turns out. BILL MURRAY This is the highest tribute we can pay him, our appreciation for his superlative writing, his incomp... JOHN AMOS He is a compassionate individual and for this sort of thing to happen is terrible. It is a shocking ... RICHARD FREEMAN Acting for me was hard enough without having to think of the accent. And also, when I was auditionin... JONATHAN LAPAGLIA Noir is dead for me because historically, I think it's a simple view. I've taken it as far a... JAMES ELLROY For me, I've learned if I want a very stable, normal relationship, where I'll be like, '... CAMILA CABELLO
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BRUCE STERLING One of the points about distractions is that everything that they do is destabilizing. BRUCE STERLING The level of ignorance is declining, and the ability to accumulate data and manipulate it for variou... BRUCE STERLING Sometimes letting go is the only way to find out who you're meant to hold on to. J. STERLING Now, for the first time, the President began to look genuinely powerful, even dangerous. This was a ... BRUCE STERLING Take away America's money, and you've got a country of tribes. BRUCE STERLING You're something, alright." I laughed into his bare chest, my eyes closing. "I'm your something..." ... J. STERLING The future is unwritten. there are best case scenarios. There are worst-case scenarios. both of them... BRUCE STERLING «Brixie wasn’t talking to him, or listening to him. Nothing like that at all. Brixie was off in h... BRUCE STERLING «“Everybody is in trouble with my dad. My dad only sort of gets the Internet. My dad started look... BRUCE STERLING «She had Google, and she had Wikipedia. She could look up anything obscure, any words or phrases th... BRUCE STERLING «Once, I went to this little meeting of Microsoft kids. Like, this high-school trip thing, but it w... BRUCE STERLING I like them because they had some success last year. They beat Kansas in the first round last year. LEE STERLING We were all sitting around at the staging area and talking to the boys from Springhill, La. We were ... RONNIE STERLING They were bumping into each other all the time. ROBERT STERLING Sometimes life gets ugly before it gets beautiful J. STERLING A true friend sticks with you through thick and thin no matter what. K All the mysteries of the universe are solved within the Imagination. K. FORD K. Each generation takes the earth as trustees. We ought to bequeath to posterity as many forests and o... JULIUS STERLING MORTON The cultivation of trees is the cultivation of the good, the beautiful, and the ennobling in man, an... JULIUS STERLING MORTON Of all the tyrants the world affords,
Our own affections are the fiercest lords. EARL OF STERLING Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes fo... JULIUS STERLING MORTON When I was growing up, I wasn't in bands, and had really no intention of ever doing music. I wen... K. FLAY My songs are a mix of my own weird raised-by-wolves perspective and civilization. K. FLAY I went in reverse with this whole thing. People I've toured with were kids who consumed as much ... K. FLAY A lot of people don't even listen to albums start to finish, but I do - for sure. K. FLAY I think, on the rap side of life, I've always been inspired by and respected Missy Elliott for a... K. FLAY Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuse... K. FLAY Pre-show, I warm up my voice, stretch, do a little team huddle, and sometimes throw a shot of whiske... K. FLAY I liked that music was a window into a world with a lot of unpredictability and chaos; it was almost... K. FLAY My dad was a serious alcoholic, and ultimately, that's why he died. When you're a child of s... K. FLAY I love playing in Chicago. It's the memory lane hometown, which is really nice. K. FLAY I know that in my own mind, I struggle with a desire to be both entirely absent and entirely present... K. FLAY The more I talk to people who are at a place I'd like to be at, whether its music or writing, or... K. FLAY