#am

The problem with fame is you no longer belong to you. You lose your persona and become the object of other people's obsession. I feel watched 90% of the time, but that is something I drew with the cards that I drew. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#belong #cards #drew #fame #feel

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#anything #body #commitment #completely #cut

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#answer #background #basis #black #cultural

My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#family #kids #life #project #ultimate

If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#am #best #cup #effort #goes

I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#african-american women #american women #bottom #colour #get

Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals. ↗

— George Washington

#consent #individuals #laws #made #must

I am not interested in splitting the white vote. ↗

— Harold Washington

#i #i am #interested #not interested #splitting

Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government. ↗

— Harold Washington

#american #american history #democracy #federal #federal government

The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women were not legally allowed to get married because you couldn't have that kind of love. It might get in the way of the economics of slavery. Your children could be taken from you and literally sold down the river. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#because #began #black #black community #black family