Quotes of: White-lies Keyword

I wanted everything. What could you not want when you are brown and Indian-looking in a society in which the white aesthetic is praised as acceptable?

Ana Castillo

I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener.

Arvo Part

The problem is the following, black music is increasing encumbered by white elements, often pleasant but always superfluous, easily and advantageously replaced with black elements.

Boris Vian

I always run in the morning on an empty stomach, and I'll go through a bottle and a half of water. Then I have a protein drink or I eat egg whites.

Drew Carey

Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: For the men who rule our world, rules are for other people.

Naomi Klein

Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.

Erma Bombeck

Tick: [to Felicia] What sort of bent-childhood... did you have, Adam Whitely?

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Mad Hatter: [after "fixing" the White Rabbit's watch] Two days slow, that's what it is.

Alice in Wonderland

I feel like decades ago it was either you're black, white, Asian or Hispanic, or whatever, but today we see more of an acceptance for people with multi-nationalities.

Annie Ilonzeh

I have friends who are black whose families opened their arms to them when they came out; I have friends who were white where they were rejected.

Adepero Oduye

I would say that workers in general, and white workers particularly, are correct that their economic wellbeing is deteriorating.

Andy Stern

I'm always very proud of belonging to three minorities: gay, Jewish, white South African.

Antony Sher

Yes, sir. I'm a real Southern boy. I got a red neck, white socks, and Blue Ribbon beer.

Billy Carter

If you want to know if racism is a problem in your country, you might not want to ask white people.

Tim Wise

My heart is yours. It beats for no one but you. Do you hear me? Only you.”~Jasper White Surrender to Me

Love

It may be proper to observe, that I had now passed the utmost frontier of the white settlements on that border.

William Bartram

I want to be a simple bride when I get married. I want a beach wedding where I am running around on the sand in a white dress.

Sonakshi Sinha

When I was growing up, my white friends would call me: 'Hey, Chief!' Even when I go to work now, people call me 'Chief.'

Adam Beach

As a black actor, you always have the feeling that there's not as much work out there as for a white counterpart, but is America after all; you have to play ball if you're going to play ball.

Dorian Missick

Because I was aspirational, I did my work, I was respectful to my teachers, I experienced a lot of bullying from the black kids. My friends were largely white or Asian.

David Oyelowo

It infuriates me that the work of white American writers can be universal and lay claim to classic texts, while black and female authors are ghetto-ized as 'other.'

Jesmyn Ward