#race

The recent fascination, I think, reflects the shift in approach by law enforcement officials to embrace technology as wholeheartedly as the rest of the world. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#embrace #enforcement #fascination #i #i think

The book is called 'Thanks for Nothing' and it's really the story of how I got into comedy and traces back every strand in my life that is relevant to that story. It's kind of an autobiography but isn't, as it stops about 25 years ago. It goes right up to the first time I do stand up. ↗

— Jack Dee

#ago #autobiography #back #book #called

It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You don't have to be a thug to get love from black people. ↗

— Mos Def

#any #artist #available #black #embraced

Let's put aside the politics and trust the people. Let's embrace the unique opportunity we all have; take the heat and make the hard and difficult decisions, knowing that we're doing it to make things better for the people of Illinois. ↗

— Rod Blagojevich

#better #decisions #difficult #difficult decisions #doing

I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges. ↗

— Anita Desai

#characters #connection #emerges #i #plot

I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds. ↗

— Bonnie Blair

#best #happy #i #personal #race

I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S. was a pretty good thing to happen, I'd say. ↗

— Bonnie Blair

#expecting #get #gold #good #good thing

I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.' ↗

— Jayson Blair

#caught #demons #i #i believe #me

I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring. ↗

— Jayson Blair

#hire #hiring #how #i #know

It's hard to say what role race really played in my case. ↗

— Jayson Blair

#hard #played #race #really #role