“People wanna say that they're part Native American or mixed, or anything other than black. We're raised to believe that there's something better about not being fully black, something eccentric about it. I'm saying I used to tell girls that I was mixed, which is a bold-faced lie!” PeopleBelieveUsedLyingGirlBlackRaisedNativeNative AmericanSomething BetterEccentricTell A Girl Author:Chance the Rapper
“I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the scores of black children and other groups. I believe that many politicians think this has been the way it has always been, so what's the problem?” ThinkingWayBelieveChildrenHas BeensProblemI BelieveBlackGroupsPoliticianScoreGaps Author:Barry Williams
“Black community, I think as a whole America is dealing with the issue of homophobia. We got to be really honest about whether we believe in civil rights for all people or not. As Black people we need to remember the moment that we say it's okay to disenfranchise one segment of society, we're opening the door to move backward on ourselves.” PeopleThinkingNeedsBelieveWholeMomentsAmericaRememberMovingBlackIssuesRightsDoorsHonestOkayOpeningCivil RightsBlack PeopleHomophobia Author:Kerry Washington
“Many [business] people focus on what is static, black and white. Yet great algorithms can be rewritten. A business process can be defined better. A business model can be copied. But the speed of execution is dynamic within you and can never be copied. When you have an idea, figure out the pieces you need quickly, go to market, believe in it, and continue to iterate.” PeopleNeedsBelieveIdeasProcessBlackWhiteFocusPiecesFiguresModelsSpeedDefinedExecutionWithin YouBlack And WhiteStaticAlgorithmsBusiness Models Author:Gurbaksh Chahal
“We believe that black holes collapse to rings hitting very fast. If you follow through the ring you don't die. The mathematics says you fall straight through, perhaps to another universe.” IfsBelieveDiesFallUniverseBlackMathematicsRingsHolesCollapseHittingBlack HoleFollow Through Author:Michio Kaku
“I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color page. Actual life is in color, but you keep reproducing it in black and white. You remove value. It's a bad thing to do.” ThinkingBelieveLife IsValuesBlackWhiteColorPaperPagesThings To DoRemoveGoing AwayBad ThingsBlack And WhiteReproducingActual LifeXerox Author:Ursula Burns
“If fallacies come knocking at my door,I'd rather feed, and shelter full a score,Than hide behind the black portcullis, doubt,And run the risk of barring one Truth out.And if pretension for a time deceive,And prove me one too ready to believe,Far less my shame, than if by stubborn act,I brand as lie, some great colossal Fact.” IfsBelieveFactsRunningLyingBlackBehindsDoubtRiskDoorsReadyProveShameBrandsScoreShelterDeceivingStubbornKnockingFallacyPretensionColossal Book:Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition) Source: Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition)