#ck

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

I've always been a writer because I've always been a student. My mom's a retired professor, so I come from a very academic background. I love writing, you know? ↗

— Kerry Washington

#always #background #because #been #come

People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him - it was illegal for them to be married in several states in this country. So if we start making it okay that certain people can marry and other people can't, it's a slippery slope of civil rights. Who knows who is going to be allowed to marry or not marry next. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#allowed #barack #certain #civil #civil rights

All the time that I'm acting with an animated character, I'm looking at a tennis ball or sticky tape or an eyeline or a man in a green suit. There's no real environment, just this electric green that's blaring into your brain. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#animated #ball #brain #character #electric

When I step back and look at all of these really successful people that I've worked with, one thing I do take away from it is how hard they work and how focused they are. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#back #focused #hard #how #i

Back in the 60s, San Francisco artists lived in communes. ↗

— Gedde Watanabe

#back #francisco #lived #san #san francisco

Basically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think no more of people as Northerners and Southerners. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#between #blacks #browns #decided #difference

I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of a baseball player. I couldn't play ball too good - I hurt my finger, and I stopped that. I couldn't preach, and well, all I had left was getting into the music thing. ↗

— Muddy Waters

#ball player #baseball #baseball player #definitely #finger

You get a heck of a sound from the church. Can't you hear it in my voice? ↗

— Muddy Waters

#get #hear #heck #sound #voice

It's an honor to see that green jacket in the bedroom closet, but I'm not going to become somebody else because I won the Masters. ↗

— Bubba Watson

#become #bedroom #closet #else #going