#just be

It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend. ↗

— Kevin Eubanks

#black #defend #defense #hard #himself

You are dealing with people who have taken the responsibility of killing their own because they think that they are right, they think that they are serving the interests of their people. They not going to give that up easily, just because you've shown up. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#dealing #easily #give #going #interests

I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians. ↗

— Matt Cameron

#amazing #bands #because #charge #chicago

An action doesn't have to be wrong just because it is not logical. It doesn't have to be right just because it has its logic. ↗

— Lion Feuchtwanger

#because #just #just because #logic #logical

Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story. ↗

— Morris Chestnut

#i #i can #just #just be #overseeing

I think you can have the greatest lyrics in the world and if it doesn't have the best tune in the world it will suck. I mean if the music wasn't important it would just be a poem. ↗

— Julian Cope

#greatest #i #i think #important #just

Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough. ↗

— Arthur Freed

#different #enough #good #just #just be

A lot of times black actors get stuck in a box. They're up against a lot of limitations for the kind of films that they get approached about. It's easy to get stuck in a box and just be approached about nothing but urban films. ↗

— Tyrese Gibson

#against #approached #black #box #easy

It's an image that the media has given me as a bad girl, and the only reason they gave me that image is just because of the few things that have gone wrong in my life, and also because I grew up living in a trailer. ↗

— Tonya Harding

#bad #bad girl #because #few #few things

I guess I'm happy that I'm getting the attention. Otherwise, I'd just be playing in a local bar in front of my family members, and I'm sure they'd get sick of that in no time. ↗

— Gavin DeGraw

#bar #family #family members #front #get