“I used to stay up very late at night, much later than I probably should have for such a youngster, and I used to watch very old black-and-white movies with, you know, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, but I remember watching them thinking 'I could do that'... Even though I wasn't inclined at all to actually become an actress. I mean, that wasn't something that was... in the stars for me, no pun intended.” ThinkingKnowsShouldMeanRememberUsedNightStarsBlackWhiteWatchesLateShould HaveActressesBlack And WhiteYoungstersPun Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“I would hate to say as a non-African-American person that it would be wrong for a black person to direct white people in a movie. Wouldn't that be awful of me to say that? The only sympathizing thing I might say for people that want to [grumble] is that a filmmaker should have an understanding for the place where the people you're portraying are coming from.” PeopleWantShouldPersonsMightWould BeHateUnderstandingBlackWhiteDirectShould HaveAwfulAfrican AmericanFilmmakerPortrayingBlack Person Author:Mick Jagger
“Of all my prosecutorsnot one is my peer, but each and all are my political sovereigns; and had your honor submitted my case to the jury, as was clearly your duty, then I should have had just cause of protest, for not one of those men was my peer; but, native or foreign born, white or black, rich or poor, educated or ignorant, sober or drunk, each and every man of them was my political superior; hence, in no sense, my peer.” MenShouldLawPoliticalCausesBlackBornWhitePoorCasesRichDutyHonorShould HaveEvery ManIgnorantSuperiorsEducatedDrunkNativeProtestPeersSoberJurySuffrageRich Or PoorYour HonorWoman Suffrage Author:Susan B. Anthony