Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes

The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.

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HomeRacismSorryLoanMapSystem

The shouting and opinion and jokes don't exist if there isn't first a story.

Jim Lehrer

OpinionStoryFirstJokesShouting

I like coming up with new characters. Whether it's revamping an old character no one likes or just coming up with brand-new stuff, that's kind of what excited me as an artist.

Joe Madureira

CharacterMeArtistNewKindOld

We blacks were the first people embracing Obama, long before the people at expensive fundraisers were supporting him. We gave him his first love, 96 percent of blacks voted for him in 2008. Yet today we are the number one in unemployment, with 16 percent of American blacks out of work.

Jesse Jackson

WorkLoveTodayPeopleAmericanOut

I remember when we were called 'colored,' and Dr. King would always tell young people not to get upset at what people called you. He said if it is not the name your mother gave you, then smile, keep walking, and that's exactly what we did.

Jesse White

SmileMotherKingPeopleNameYou

I grew up in a dysfunctional family.

Melissa Gilbert

FamilyUpDysfunctionalGrew

I know that in order to be considered successful, you're supposed to do two or three movies a year. I only work once every year-and-a-half, sometimes two years. I have children to raise.

Meg Tilly

WorkChildrenYearYouSometimes

When you're singing before 15,000 people at a summer concert outside, you need to look beautiful, because that's what people want.

Anna Netrebko

BeautifulPeopleSingingYouLook

Taking the life of another is always a moral crime.

Angelo Scola

LifeMoralCrimeAlwaysTaking

Roads, better harnesses for horses, time-keeping devices, financial instruments like a currency that was recognized everywhere in the kingdom, enforceable contracts - all of this made commerce more appealing than plunder.

Steven Pinker

RoadsFinancialBetterMoreKingdom

It wasn't just music in the Ramones: it was an idea. It was bringing back a whole feel that was missing in rock music - it was a whole push outwards to say something new and different.

Tommy Ramone

MusicFeelPushBackNewRock

I am going to smash B.J. Flores to bits and be the first man stop him.

Tony Bellew

ManI AmStopFirstHimGoing

I adopted a pet because I have been wanting one for the longest time. In fact, I am really close to Ravi Dubey's dog Moyo.

Rithvik Dhanjani

DogTimePetI AmWantingBeen

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