Kerry James Marshall Quotes

If you walk into any magazine store, I guarantee that nine out of 10 covers will feature white, blonde, blue-eyed, slim women because that's still the ideal of beauty. When a black or Asian figure shows up in a fashion magazine, she's the exception, not the rule.

Kerry James Marshall

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 17, 1955

Topics

BeautyWomenWalkFashionBlackYou

You don't want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, 'You're going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns - enjoy!'

Maya Rudolph

LifeEnjoyYouPersonWantFirst

Other places are also generators of far-flung violence beyond their own borders - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are obvious examples - but none has as long a history of war, resistance, and terror as Chechnya.

Stephen Kinzer

HistoryWarViolenceLongBeyond

If you write something down on paper, it becomes an actual goal. Before you write it down, it's a thought, a dream that may or may not get done.

Summer Sanders

ThoughtYouDreamGoalDownDone

I think that everybody is kind of a nerd at heart.

Simon Helberg

HeartThinkKindNerdEverybody

Without butterflies, the world would soon have few flowers. There is enough room in the sky for all flyers.

Trina Paulus

SkyFlowersWorldEnoughRoomWould

I talk about race and culture, and that's what my fans respond to. If you grew up in an environment where race and culture were never an issue for you, or where you don't see the humor in our so-called differences, then you might not respond to what I'm doing.

Russell Peters

HumorCultureEnvironmentDoingYou

'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song.

Luke Bryan

SongCountryBluesKindMasterpiece

Generally, I walk around in a glum mood.

Colson Whitehead

WalkMoodAroundGenerally

You have to know the weeds - to have lived in them - to delegate. I wouldn't want to be a leader who had never lived in the weeds.

Brian Grazer

LeaderYouKnowWantNeverWeeds

Maybe the real subject of every interview is how you really can't learn much of anything about anyone from an interview.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

LearnYouRealInterviewAnything

I asked the waiter, 'Is this milk fresh?' He said, 'Lady, three hours ago it was grass.'

Phyllis Diller

LadySaidThreeMilkGrassFresh

In consumer protection, you can say it hurts business; that is, it makes them comply with the law, which is actually what we want them to do, but it helps consumers.

Richard Cordray

BusinessLawYouSayWantConsumers

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