“A silly society is a youth-obsessed society: To the Chinese, who appreciate the value of experience, the greater the ratio in a team of grey 'hairs and no-hairs' to 'black hairs' the faster and better a task will be completed. The opposite assumption obtains in the youth-obsessed U.S.” ValuesBlackGreaterTeamYouthHairAppreciateTasksOppositesSillyChineseFasterObsessedAssumptionGreyRatiosBlack HairGrey Hair Author:Ilana Mercer
“With Rock Band, you can play along to Black Sabbath or Nirvana and possibly find new ways of appreciating their artistry by being allowed to perform parallel to it. Rock Band puts you inside the guts of a song.” WayPlaySongBlackRocksBandAppreciateGutsNew WaysParallelsArtistrySabbathRock BandsBlack Sabbath Author:Carrie Brownstein
“I appreciate the female foot, but I've never said that I have a foot fetish. But I am a lower track guy. I like legs' I like booties'. I have a black male sexuality.” SaidGuyBlackFeetFemaleAppreciateMalesTrackLegsSexualityFetishBootyBlack MalesGuy I Like Author:Quentin Tarantino
“The impact of black music and black art forms on American culture is really difficult to appreciate.” ArtFormCultureDifficultBlackAppreciateImpactAmerican CultureBlack MusicBlack Art Author:Jess Row
“I love "Phenomenal Woman." The experiences she had of being African American in the U.S. - that itself is a task. I appreciate the hardships Maya Angelou went through for our generation. I'm super influenced by the black people that paved the way for us.” PeopleWayBlackGenerationsAppreciateTasksAfrican AmericanHardshipBlack PeoplePhenomenalOur GenerationPhenomenal WomanAngelou Author:Serena Williams
“I don't think the white establishment will ever respect or appreciate a black man who speaks the truth.” ThinkingMenSpeakBlackWhiteAppreciateEstablishmentSpeak The Truth Author:Rick James
“People are fooled by the colour of my skin. I grew up on the north side of Fredericton in a Celtic culture with an Acadian choir. Don't let the black fool you. I'm actually quite white. When people give me permission to do anything, I simply say, "I would have taken it anyway, but I appreciate you thinking I care what you think." I don't do it with a sense of belligerence. I really do mean well.” PeopleThinkingGivingMeanCareCultureBlackTakenFoolAppreciateSkinsI CareFooledChoirAppreciate You Author:Measha Brueggergosman
“People ask me if I'm influenced by British music, and I suppose I grew up listening to mostly British music - from new wave stuff through to heavy metal. Like, when I got into metal, it was Black Sabbath. I never really got into a lot of American rock. I appreciate some of it, but not much! Most of the great new wave music was coming out of Britain, and Germany. So maybe those influences have made their way into my music, and perhaps that's why I have this connection with people in Europe. But maybe it's something cosmic.” PeopleBlackInfluenceListeningAppreciateWaveAsk MeCosmicMetalsSabbathHeavy MetalBlack Sabbath Author:Chino Moreno
“I am astounded at my age with a 20-year-old daughter to discover that kids of her generation don't want to watch black and white movies. I understand that they gave up on silent films, but black and white? So, now movies have to be taught in academia because people don't know how to watch them, they don't know how to appreciate them.” PeopleKidsAgeFilmBlackDaughterAppreciateSilentBlack And WhiteGave Up Author:Gary Giddins
“Maybe divisions like that are easy for people to accept, because then you don't have to make an effort to understand people or appreciate each of them. You just give them a general name: "black people" and "white people." "Tall people" and "short people." "Man" and "woman." But we have to forget about all those terms. Every individual is unique in herself or himself.” PeopleMenGivingIndividualEasyBlackTermForgetEffortAcceptingUniqueMen And WomenAppreciateBlack People Author:Burhan Sonmez
“Various parts of my body told me that in the future they would appreciate it if I slept lying down on a bed instead of sitting at the counter of Black Cat Coffee. I quietly reassured them that this was an unusual situation, and had the machinery make me some bread as a breakfast.” IfsBodyLyingBlackSituationBedSittingAppreciateCatVariousCoffeeBreadBreakfastUnusualMachineryLying DownBlack Cat Author:Daniel Handler
“I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development of our great nation” NationsBlackCreationDevelopmentAppreciateContributionMinoritiesPreservationGreat Nations Author:Strom Thurmond