“It is the fear of death - 24/7 in every shade of hospital white and doomsday black--that sells the pharmaceutical, political, financial, film, and food product promising to make good the wish to live forever.” FilmPoliticalDeathWishBlackWhiteForeverProductsSellsFinancialHospitalsShadeFear Of DeathLive ForeverPharmaceuticalDoomsday Author:Lewis H. Lapham
“I've heard that Black people and Black faces don't sell magazines, but one day you're going to beg me to be on there.” PeopleFacesBlackHeardOne DaySellsMagazinesBlack PeopleBlack Face Author:Michael Jackson
“The resistance to black-and-white is huge, in the way that you have to sell the film. It's difficult to distribute around the world.” WorldWayFilmDifficultBlackWhiteHugeSellsResistanceAround The WorldBlack And White Author:John Boorman
“One night I had a dream, and in that dream a big black man appeared to me and told me what to mix up for my hair. I made up my mind I would begin to sell it.” MenMindMadeDreamBigsNightBlackHairSellsOne NightI Had A Dream Author:Madam C. J. Walker
“Such techniques, including meta-discursive stuff, self-reference, irony, black humor, cynicism, grotesquerie and shock, it would be safe to say that television or televisual values rule the culture. Television is successfully using a lot of those same techniques but using them for a very different agenda, which is to sort of create an ethos and please people and to sell products to consumers.” PeopleDifferentSelfWould BeValuesCultureStuffBlackTelevisionProductsPleaseSafeSellsIncludingTechniqueConsumersIronyShockAgendasCynicismEthosBlack Humor Author:David Foster Wallace
“Because I am a one-legged, black, short, woman I had to spend every day of my life pushing against what society told me I should be. I had to sell my value every day of my life. Confidence is what enables us to push back on reality. Once you get good at that, you can use it to live your joy.” ShouldUseRealityJoyValuesBlackSellsPushing Author:Bonnie St. John
“The Black Eyed Peas sell thousands of seats in every country on the planet. You can't get nervous. We're all succeeding in all different parts of our careers. Just because I produce Nas and John Legend and Justin Timberlake doesn't mean it will change the dynamic of the Peas.” MeanDifferentCountryBlackCareersProducePlanetsSucceedSellsNervousSeatsLegendsJustinPeasBlack Eyed Peas Author:will.i.am
“Most writers stick to what they know. The black experience is our experience, so it's not that challenging for us. That's why sometimes you'll see writers that start off telling black stories, but later branch out into other material. People say they "sell out." No, they evolve as writers.” PeopleKnowsSometimesStoriesBlackChallengesMaterialsSellsSticksEvolveBranches Author:Lena Waithe