“I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him.” HomeRunningKidsBlackWhiteSomedayPullingHome RunBlack Or WhiteHitting Home Runs Author:Hank Aaron
“I think we're all a little afraid of the dark. If you lived in the country, as I did, there's nothing quite like country dark, which was really black. And as a child, your imagination runs wild.” IfsThinkingChildrenLittlesCountryRunningBlackImaginationDark Author:Malcolm McDowell
“Environmentalism is not an upper-income issue, it's not a white issue, it's not a black issue, it's not a South or a North or an East or a West issue. It's an issue that all of us have a stake in. And if I can do anything to make sure that not just my daughter but every child in America has green pastures to run in and clean air to breathe and clean water to swim in, then that is something I'm going to work my hardest to make happen.” IfsChildrenI CanHappensRunningAmericaBlackWaterCan DoWhiteIssuesAirDaughterGreenCleanWestSouthEnvironmentalBreatheEastIncomeHardestMy DaughterSwimStakesGoing To WorkEnvironmentalismPasturesClean WaterClean AirGreen Pastures Author:Barack Obama
“I remember when I had my show [The Chris Rock Show on HBO], I used to run my show. It was so hard to get people to bring sketches to me. No one had ever worked for a black person before. Even the black people hadn't worked for a black person. It literally took a month or two for everybody to know: I'm really running the show.” PeopleKnowsPersonsTwoHardShowsRunningRememberUsedBlackRocksMonthsBlack PeopleRemember WhenHboBlack Person Author:Scott Raab
“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)
“Hitting in a game is no different than hitting in a home run contest. It pisses me off to say Barry Bonds is the greatest hitter. He's playing in a wussy era. The game is soft. You never get thrown at today. Last thing a hitter has to worry about today is getting hit. The first thing Hank Aaron had to worry about is: Am I going to survive this at-bat because I'm black.” FirstsDifferentHomeRunningTodayLastsGamesBlackWorryErasThrownHittingBatsContestsYankeesNew York YankeesHome Run Author:Goose Gossage
“In Harlem, for instance, all of the stores are owned by white people, all of the buildings are owned by white people. The black people are just there - paying rent, buying the groceries; but they don't own the stores, clothing stores, food stores, any kind of stores; don't even own the homes that they live in. They are all owned by outsiders, and for these run-down apartment dwellings, the black man in Harlem pays more money than the man down in the rich Park Avenue section.” PeopleMenKindHomeRunningPoliticsBlackWhitePayEconomyRichBuildingHe ManStoresInstanceParksLiberalismBuyingBlack PeopleClothingsMore MoneyOutsidersApartmentSectionsAvenuesDwellingGroceriesHarlemPaying Rent Author:Malcolm X
“The most dangerous thing in American society is a self-respecting and self-loving black person, because they're on the road to freedom and that means they're gonna run up against the powers that be.” MeanPersonsSelfRunningBlackDangerousDangerous ThingsAmerican SocietyBlack PersonSelf Loving Author:Cornel West
“For most Black people there is still poverty and desperation. The Ghettos still exist, and the proportion of Blacks in prison is still much greater than Whites. Today, there is less overt racism, but the economic injustices create an "institutional racism" which exists even while more Blacks are in high places, such as Condoleeza Rice in Bush's Administration and Obama running for President.” PeopleStillsRunningTodayBlackPresidentPovertyGreaterEconomicRacismPrisonInjusticeAdministrationProportionBlack PeopleDesperationRiceGhettoHigh PlacesInstitutional RacismEconomic Injustice Author:Howard Zinn
“If Martin Luther King, Roy Wilkins or any of these compromising Negros who say exactly what the white man wants to hear is interviewed anywhere in the country you don't get anybody to offset what they say. But whenever a black man stands up and says something that white people don't like then the first thing that man does is run around to try and find somebody to say something to offset what has just been said. This is natural but it is done.” PeopleIfsMenWantTryingFirstsDoeSaidCountryDoneRunningBlackNaturalWhiteKingsCompromiseWhite ManLuther Author:Malcolm X
“People say that it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do? I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals. There was no television, no big advertising, no endorsements then. Not for a black man, anyway.” PeopleMenBigsRunningSportsBlackFourTelevisionGoldHorseAdvertisingAfrican AmericanChampionBlack PeopleMedalEntertainersAthleticsGold MedalsDegradingTrack And FieldEndorsements Author:Jesse Owens
“I was with - he wasn't the president then, but - Barack Obama, when he was running, in Washington, during Black Congressional Caucus Weekend, and did a panel about global warming with him. It was almost as if I switched careers for a while, and became a political activist.” IfsRunningPoliticalBlackPresidentCareersBarackGlobal WarmingActivistWeekendCaucus Author:Lawrence Bender
“I think everything happens for a reason and all of my choices have led me up to my solo album and made me stronger, not only as an artist but as a person. I want to do more the Black Eyed Peas albums and more of my own albums. I'm in this for the long run.” ThinkingWantPersonsLongMadeReasonHappensRunningArtistChoicesBlackMy OwnStrongerAlbumsThings HappenLong RunsSoloEverything Happens For A ReasonPeasHappens For A ReasonBlack Eyed Peas Author:Fergie
“A black face, run-down shoes and elbow-out make-up give me a place to hide. The real Bert Williams is crouched deep down inside the coon who sings the songs and tells the stories.” GivingRealStoriesRunningFacesSongBlackGive MeShoesDeep DownElbowsBlack Face Author:Bert Williams
“Just because a black man is running the RNC doesn't mean black folks are going to, 'Oh, OK, I will be a Republican.' Just as with the election of President Obama. All the problems and concerns that are very important to African Americans don't get solved overnight.” MenMeanImportantProblemRunningBlackPresidentRepublicanConcernElectionFolksAfrican AmericanPresident Obama Author:Michael Steele
“Barack Obama didn't get elected president, would never have been elected president, had he decided to run as a black candidate. In order to reach the broadest number of people you have to speak to their interests as broadly as you can.” PeopleHas BeensRunningOrderSpeakBlackPresidentInterestNumbersDecidedBarackCandidates Author:Gwen Ifill
“President Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement. He had the opportunity to go to some of the best schools in this country - schools that train you how to run the political paradigm, not challenge it. The leaders of the Black Power Movement were challenging that paradigm.” MenCountryRunningSchoolPoliticalCertainOpportunityBlackPresidentChallengesLeaderRightsMovementAdvantageTrainCivil RightsPresident ObamaParadigmCivil Rights MovementBlack PowerBest School Author:Danny Glover
“I don’t like water. I drink Diet Coke. Nor do I smoke, or drink alcohol or even sip a café. I don’t look after myself. I don’t do yoga, Pilates, those things. I hate physical effort, I don’t run anywhere, but I am super-energetic. Make-up? I just black my eyes and that’s it. My hair? I get it cut on set (fashion shoots), I never go to a hairdresser. I’m not sure I’m French. You think I’m not smart enough?” ThinkingLooksEnoughEyeRunningHateBlackWaterEffortCuttingFashionHairDrinkSmartYogaI HateAlcoholSmokeDietsNot SureEnergeticCokePilatesHairdresserThings I HateDiet Coke Author:Emmanuelle Alt
“Donald Trump insisted yesterday that he is not racist, because one time an African-American won Apprentice. Because nothing says 'not racist' like making a black man run your errands.” MenRunningBlackTrumpYesterdayAfrican AmericanRacistOne TimeApprenticeErrands Author:Conan O'Brien
“Trump says he wants to run for president. Why not? It wouldn't be the first time he pushed a black family out of their home.” WantFirstsHomeRunningBlackPresidentTrumpFirst TimeWhy NotBlack Family Author:Snoop Dogg
“There is no ordinary run of mankind, there are only individuals who are totally different. And whether a man is naked and black and stands on one foot in Sudan or is clothed in some kind of costume in a bus in England, they are still individuals of entirely different characters.” MenKindStillsDifferentCharacterRunningIndividualBlackFeetMankindOrdinaryEnglandNakedBusCostumesDifferent CharactersSudan Author:Evelyn Waugh