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What is blackness? Is it the way you talk? Do you got to say, 'Dey this, dey dat.' Or the way you dress? Or is it the forgiving of certain things? What is black enough?

Douglas Wilder

In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the reality of black females.

bell hooks

The savage repression of blacks, which can be estimated by reading the obituary columns of the nation's dailies, Fred Hampton, etc., has not failed to register on the black inmates.

George Jackson

Just wearing all black comes from Johnny Cash. I'm on the road so much that if I wear all black, my clothes never get dirty. You can't tell if I've worn the same shirt twice.

G-Eazy

In Ethiopia, the black people became Christians 1700 years ago, hundreds of years before Northern Europe turned to Christianity... And here, most of the saints are black.

Henry Louis Gates

It's really easy to get colors right. It's really hard to get black - and neutrals - right. Black is certainly a color but it's also an illusion.

Donna Karan

Part-black generally means all-black in Americans' minds. Just as part-Asian or part-Hispanic or part-anything-else usually puts individuals in those minority-groups' camps.

Jeffrey Kluger

I think that black Africa is extremely terrifying. Black Africa can become a maelstrom of warring tribes without the outside world needing to feel the need to do anything about it.

John Keegan

Every time you see a black romance, it's over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She has to show him how independently strong she is, not just as a woman but as a black woman.

Bernie Mac

I try to avoid wearing black because sometimes it's the easy option. But I'm young, so it's nice to be able to play with color and not just wear black all the time. I can save that for when I'm older.

Emma Watson

If you take the '70s with Blaxploitation pictures, there was a proliferation of black-content films and motion pictures, television, stage plays and so forth at a time when Hollywood was in trouble financially, and it was cheaper to do black films to...

Glynn Turman

Inigo Montoya: Who are you? Man in Black: No one of consequence. Inigo Montoya: I must know... Man in Black: Get used to disappointment. Inigo Montoya: 'kay.

The Princess Bride

Jack Sparrow: This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

[Before Jack steals the Interceptor] Norrington: That is, without doubt, the worst pirate I've ever seen.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Governor Swann: Even a good decision if made for the wrong reasons can be a wrong decision.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Elizabeth: This is the fastest ship in the Caribbean. Anamaria: You can tell them that after they've caught us.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Will Turner: It's not your blood they needed. It was my father's blood. My blood... the blood of a pirate.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

[after inspecting the crew] Jack Sparrow: Satisfied? Will Turner: Well you proved they're mad.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Elizabeth: You're pirates. Hang the code, and hang the rules. They're more like guidelines anyway.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Governor Swann: So, this is the path you've chosen? After all, he is a blacksmith. Elizabeth: No. [pause] Elizabeth: He's a pirate.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Elizabeth: [after Barbossa has cut her hand slightly] That's it? Barbossa: Waste not...

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl