“The Moon was the most spectacularly beautiful desert you could ever imagine. Unspoilt. Untouched. It had a vibrancy about it and the contrast between it and the black sky was so vivid, it just made this impression of excitement and wonder.” MadeBeautifulBlackWonderImagineSkyMoonImpressionDesertExcitementContrastVividVibrancy Author:Charles Duke
“Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're a good man, you're a wonder!” IfsMenBlackWonderRedClubsGood ManBlink Author:Martial
“When that devil's bullet lodged itself inside the body of Martin Luther King, he had already begun an astonishing mobilization of poor, Black, white, latino Americans who had nothing to lose. They would challenge our government to eliminate exploitative, merciless, and war-mongering policies, nationwide, or else "tie up the country" through "means of civil disobedience." Dr. King intended to organize those legions into "coercive direct actions" that would make of Babylon a dysfunctional behemoth begging for relief. Is it any wonder he was killed?” MeanWarCountryBodyGovernmentActionBlackLosesChallengesWhitePoorWonderPolicyKingsDevilDirectTiesReliefBulletsDrsOrganizeLutherAstonishingLatinoDisobedienceBeggingCivil DisobedienceNothing To LoseLegionBlack WhiteBabylonDirect ActionMobilizationBehemoth Author:June Jordan
“when michael jackson died i wonder if his life flashed before him and if it did, i wonder if he thought 'who's that little black kid singing my songs?!'” IfsLittlesKidsSongBlackWonderSingingDied Author:Sean Lock
“I can't really hear the audience applause when I'm on stage. I'm totally immersed in the piece. But sometimes I get a lot of it and wonder, "Now, why did they applaud here?" If it's a white crowd, they usually applaud because they think it's a pretty movement. If it's a black crowd, it's usually because they identify with the message.” IfsThinkingI CanSometimesBlackWhiteWonderAudiencePiecesStageMovementMessagesDanceCrowdsApplause Author:Judith Jamison
“I always loved LeAnn Rimes and especially Clint Black for his soulfulness. As I've gotten older, my influences have broadened - John Mayer, Michael Buble, Stevie Wonder, Keith Urban, Stevie Ray Vaughn, the Beatles - all of these artists have somehow been a part of my development as a songwriter.” ArtistBlackWonderInfluenceDevelopmentRaysSongwritersUrbanKeithMayerSoulfulness Author:Hunter Hayes
“I marvel at the many ways we, as black people, bend but do not break in order to survive. This astonishes me, and what excites me I write about. Everyone of us is a wonder. Everyone of us has a story.” PeopleWayWritingStoriesOrderBlackWonderBreakBrokenBlack People Author:Kristin Hunter
“For me, the highlight was meeting all the Motown acts, as I adore black soul music. I met Stevie Wonder who I love, and Diana Ross And The Supremes. I also met The Carpenters. I was actually there in the studio when they recorded We've Only Just Begun.” SoulBlackWonderMetsMeetingsStudiosSupremeAdoreHighlightsCarpenterDianaMusic SoulMotown Author:Tony Blackburn
“There's this scene in "The Night of the Hunter" when the kids are downstairs, and you have the feeling that they're both in a room and at the same time it looks remote. And you wonder, How can you give the effect of both "inside" and "outside" at the same time. And you realize, by watching it many times, that around the scene there's this black edging.” GivingLooksFeelingsKidsNightBlackRealizingRoomsWonderEffectsSceneHuntersInside And Outside Author:Marjane Satrapi
“Doesn't anyone wonder why the NAACP does not have events celebrating the first black woman secretary of state?.. Why does an organization whose mission is to advance the lot of blacks not celebrate Clarence Thomas, our black Supreme Court justice?” FirstsDoeStatesBlackJusticeWonderEventsOrganizationCourtMissionsSupremeCelebrateSecretarySupreme CourtBlack WomenSupreme Court JusticeCourt JusticeNaacp Author:Star Parker
“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
“Rather than spend so much time wondering if I'm going to get hired, or is it a problem that I've got this black-tar history, I've just got to keep doing what I'm doing and try to be decent.” IfsTryingProblemBlackWonderDecent Author:Natasha Lyonne
“The sight of stars always sets me dreaming just as naively as those black dots on a map set me dreaming of towns and villages. Why should these points of light in the firmament, I wonder, be less accessible than the dark ones on the map of France? We take a train to go to Torascon or Roven and we take death to a star.” ShouldDreamLightStarsBlackDarkWonderSightTownsTrainFranceMapsVillageDotsFirmamentPoints Of Light Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“I wonder who really is the change candidate? It can't be both of them [Hillary Clinton & Barak Obama]. What would be a black man and a woman - how could that be different than the 43 other Presidents we've had?” MenDifferentWould BeBlackPresidentWonderClintonCandidatesBarak Obama Author:Jon Stewart
“From the black ocean comes the appearance of light and waves. It helps you imagine birth. I want imagination in the photographs I take. It's like a prologue. You wonder, What's going on? You feel something is going to happen.” WantFeelsHelpingLightHappensBlackImaginationWonderImagineBirthOceanPhotographWaveAppearancePrologue Author:Rinko Kawauchi
“When we believe we have all the answers, we are not open to mystery. To begin a mystical journey, you have to start with a sense of wonder, of not knowing where you are going or how you will travel. The initial phase of alchemy is called the nigredo-it's the phase of darkness, when it's "blacker than black." You feel this when you start something new-go off to college, start a new job, travel to a foreign land, or end a relationship that is not working.” FeelsBelieveEndsJobsBlackAnswersWonderDarknessKnowingMysteryJourneyLandCollegeSomething NewWhere You AreNot KnowingPhasesMysticalInitialsAlchemyNew JobSense Of WonderWhere You Are GoingForeign LandsOff To College Author:Mary Pope Osborne
“Becoming a junior usher at a black church was my entry into the wonder of worship.” BlackChurchWonderBecomingWorshipJuniorsEntryBlack Church Author:Isaiah Washington