#ck

I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#any #been #black #black music #closer

It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black men, and I saw the older ones wounded, and it wounded me ten times as much because I couldn't stand seeing them hurt like this. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#black #dignified #dignity #hurt #i

The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#black #business #climate #entertainment #entertainment business

Barbara did the selecting and that's probably the most brilliant thing was she put together a group of women, different backgrounds, different experiences. ↗

— Star Jones

#barbara #brilliant #did #different #different backgrounds

Yes and, you know, I can't use the nice words anymore because I used to chicken out by using them. I used to call myself plus size, used to call myself chubby. I used to call myself overweight. ↗

— Star Jones

#because #call #chicken #chubby #i

The current administration has made the decision to cut dollars going for community development block grants, for various incentives to bring cities back. ↗

— Stephanie Tubbs Jones

#back #block #bring #cities #community

I haven't become an American! Having a house in LA is just where the house is. It's just a convenience thing living there. I carry Wales around inside me. I'd consider moving back there one day. I never really left. ↗

— Tom Jones

#around #back #become #carry #consider

The future comes quickly. Before you know it, you turn around and it's tomorrow. ↗

— Pia Zadora

#before #comes #future #know #quickly

The tactic of leading people into... a war that doesn't make any sense by telling them they are under attack, and if they raise any objection they're unpatriotic, is a very old tactic. And it doesn't intimidate me. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#attack #intimidate #into #leading #make

You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them! ↗

— Van Jones

#believe #black #child #columbine #done