Michelle Alexander Quotes

It is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as a justification for discrimination, exclusion, and social contempt. So we don't. Rather than rely on race, we use our criminal justice system to label people of color 'criminals' and then engage in all the practices we supposedly left behind.

Michelle Alexander

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 7, 1967

Topics

JusticePeopleColorDiscrimination

Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever there is malnutrition, wherever there is exploitation and cruelty.

John Grierson

EarthDramaCrueltyWhereverBeware

Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national economies, but their success is central to the well-being of their families.

Melissa Bean

WorkSuccessBusinessTogetherBuild

I've sown all the oats I want to sow.

Stephanie Zimbalist

WantOatsSowSown

Motherhood is such an evolving journey.

Solange Knowles

JourneyMotherhoodEvolving

I've never, ever, raised a fist to anybody in my life.

Robbie Williams

LifeMy LifeNeverFistAnybody

But contrary to what some people seem to think, I was never a bully. I was just a hard man.

Roger Daltrey

ManPeopleThinkNeverSome People

It's not like I am working with the great innovators of all time, but at the same time, they are my friends.

Chevy Chase

GreatTimeI AmFriendsSameLike

To the young girl who fails to see opportunities around her: Awaken the intellectual curiosity within you. Go on, search for those opportunities and chase after them! Because when you are curious and in 'search mode,' you will meet a lot of people and learn, and when you find opportunities, you will be exhilarated rather than overwhelmed.

Clemantine Wamariya

GirlCuriousPeopleOpportunities

The railroads once were a dominant power in American life, for good and for ill. There's something inevitably nostalgic about a train book today. Trains attract us, but part of that attraction is cultural memory.

Brian Floca

LifeGoodTodayPowerMemoryBook

There were movies that always made me want to be a director. You see brilliant scenes and the way the emotions were handled. I thought, I'd really like to do that.

Bruce Beresford

MeThoughtYouEmotionsWantMovies

Any time a writer thinks he has all the answers to how someone should talk or react or end a scene, it's a spontaneity-killer.

Bruce Campbell

TimeEndSomeoneReactTalkAnswers

Memnoch the Devil happen to be my favorite of all The Vampire Chronicles.

Anne Rice

DevilVampireHappenFavorite

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