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I think racial profiling is wrong. It cannot be defended. It's just flat wrong. And if a matter came before me, and it could be established that the arrest was made strictly on racial profiling, when I was on the bench, it would be gone. ↗

— Judge Mills Lane

#before #bench #came #cannot #could

You would never expect a black woman to be the hero. ↗

— Sanaa Lathan

#expect #hero #never #never expect #woman

I'm one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining parades. ↗

— Nathan Lane

#homosexuals #i #joining #old-fashioned #ones

To grow up under really simple circumstances, and to understand that certain things were ornamental... that made an impression on me as a child and is something I use. ↗

— Helmut Lang

#certain things #child #circumstances #grow #grow up

My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as you can imagine! He took me out to see them play when I was 12 years old and I was really inspired by their guitar player, Ted Larsen. ↗

— Jonny Lang

#band #bands #blues #dad #fargo

When I began my career, I was constantly referred to as the kid who could play the blues. ↗

— Jonny Lang

#blues #career #constantly #could #i

I sort of believe that my voice was preordained; I'm a Buddhist who believes in reincarnation so I think that my voice is a few lifetimes old. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#believes #buddhist #few #i #i think

I started singing when I was five. I grew up the youngest of four kids who all studied classical piano, so you could say I've been listening to music ever since the moment of conception. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#classical #conception #could #ever #five

I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so powerful. It's this shield they put up to try to get closer. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#bravado #closer #fear #get #i

I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#i #play #songs #stage #sweep