“I'm always kind of contradictory to what people want and what's selling. But maybe I should care now because I have two or three more outlets. I have to be more adaptable color-wise to what people want. It's usually just black and pink, and that's it.” PeopleWantShouldKindTwoCareThreeBlackWiseColorSellingOutletsContradictoryAdaptable Author:Manolo Blahnik
“We're historians and above all want to write about what was. Our book doesn't deal with legacies. It also wasn't our goal to destroy a legend. We consider Walesa to be a national symbol. He led Solidarity and remains an icon. But he also worked with the secret police under the name Bolek. The truth isn't always simply black and white.” WantWritingBookNamesGoalBlackWhiteDealsSecretTruth IsPoliceRemainsSymbolsLegacyHistorianLegendsBlack And WhiteSolidarityIconsSecret Police Author:Slawomir Cenckiewicz
“I just said let's get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too. Some Latino poets who barely speak English and Asian poets who can't believe how discriminated against they are. It was luck nad being in the right place. I wasn't saying nothing somebody else wasn't saying but they wouldn't hear it from them.” MenWantBelieveMadeSaidSpeakBlackStagePoetTvsLuckBunchMade ItThey SaidUnlikelyAsianLatinoRight PlaceSpeak EnglishSaying Nothing Author:Russell Simmons
“There's a thing I really mind hearing, when someone says: "That's not my kind of film, I don't want to go and see that..." I don't believe that, I don't believe that it's possible to write off a whole genre of filmmaking - "oh I don't like subtitled films", or "I don't like black and white films", or I don't like films made before or after, a certain date" - I don't believe that.” WantWritingMindBelieveKindMadeWholeFilmCertainBlackWhiteDon't BelieveHearingGenreFilmmakingBlack And White Author:Tilda Swinton
“Information anxiety is the black hole between data and knowledge, and it happens when information doesn't tell us what we want or need to know.” KnowsWantNeedsHappensBlackInformationAnxietyHolesDataBlack Hole Author:Richard Saul Wurman
“We're all animals, that we all respond to the same stimuli. If you want to motivate somebody not to have premarital sex, or motivate black bears not to go diving into dumpsters, first you have to think about why they do it. Telling them to stop isn't going to help. There has to be some incentive for them to alter their behavior.” IfsThinkingWantFirstsHelpingSexBlackAnimalBearsBehaviorIncentivesStimulusDivingDumpsters Author:Adam Carolla
“The liberal psyche wants to protect minorities, to apologize for imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and the appalling treatment of black people during the civil rights movement. At the same time, they want to continue to defend the rights of individuals.” PeopleWantIndividualBlackRightsMovementProtectSlaveryCivil RightsMinoritiesTreatmentBlack PeopleColonialismApologizingImperialismCivil Rights Movement Author:Ayaan Hirsi Ali
“I don't want to live in a monoculture of any kind. I don't want to live in a wealthy monoculture, a black monoculture. I don't want to live in an elitist, progressive monoculture.” WantKindBlackWealthyProgressiveElitistMonoculture Author:Richard Benjamin
“I'm a person who acknowledges reality. I don't get up every morning and ask myself: What would I do differently if I were chancellor in a black-and-yellow (Christian Democrat and Free Democrat) coalition? The SPD (Social Democratic Party) and the (Christian Democrat and Christian Social) Union stand to weaken their own positions if they don't make this coalition a success. And we both want success.” IfsWantPersonsRealityChristianAsksSocialBlackPartyMorningPositionUnionsDemocraticDemocratGet UpAcknowledgeYellowEvery MorningDemocratic PartyCoalitions Author:Angela Merkel
“You always want to keep your look clean and elegant, but you don't have to do the safe black-dress route. Have some fun! Wear something colorful with a hint of sparkle.” WantLooksFunBlackSafeDressesCleanRoutesElegantHintsColorfulSparkle Author:Mindy Kaling
“As a journalist, I never critiqued anyone. I never review books. I've never felt qualified as a musician to say whether someone is a good musician or a bad musician. What happens with Black writers and Black artists is that if you're critiqued, for example, by a Black historian who wants to get his name on the cover of "The New York Times," and he says something, like, wacky, well, he'll get his name on the cover of "The New York Times" and he might get tenure, and your career suffers.” IfsWantWellsBookMightHappensArtistSufferingNamesFeltBlackCareersNew YorkExampleMusicianJournalistReviewsHistorianQualifiedNew York TimesTenureWacky Author:James McBride
“I decided to become an actor at five. I saw the most gorgeous woman that I had ever seen in my five years of living on television. She had on a long, red dress and her eyelashes looked like butterflies and I said, "Grandmamma, who is that?" She said, "Baby, that's Lola Falana." I said, "That's it right there. I want to be black, fabulous, and on TV."” WantYearsLongSaidActorsBlackFiveSawsTelevisionTvsBabyRedDecidedDressesFive YearsButterflyFabulousGorgeousLiving OnEyelashesLike A ButterflyGorgeous Women Author:Niecy Nash
“People want black and white answers, but it's not one thing or another. I think the only way we're going to make good things is to inspire people and make them feel as though what they're watching is real.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFeelsRealBlackWhiteAnswersOne ThingInspireGood ThingsBlack And White Author:Kim Longinotto
“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
“Some black people want to get in touch with their African roots. But then you got some black people that just don't give a damn. You tell them, 'Hey, I just got back from the motherland.' "They're like, 'Where'd you go - Detroit? Did you see The Temptations?'” PeopleWantGivingBlackRootsTemptationHeyDamnBlack PeopleDetroitDon't Give A DamnMotherlandDamn You Author:Wanda Sykes
“I want to keep changing the world. It's possible. The black gay lead is ready. It's time.” WorldWantBlackReadyGayChanging The World Author:Billy Porter
“Growing up, I was always the only black kid on my team and (sometimes) I'd get questions from my friends when I'd say, `I want to be in the NHL' and they'd say, `Well, there are no black people or not very many in the NHL' and as a kid, you'd wonder why. But overall, I didn't really face any racial difficulties. Nothing too bad or too lasting.” PeopleWantWellsSometimesKidsFacesBlackWonderGrowing UpGrowingTeamMy FriendsDifficultyLastingBlack PeopleNhl Author:Jarome Iginla