#taken

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

A few years ago, one of our singles got beaten out by Better Than Ezra. The label could only have one band at a time being taken to the right people at radio, and they opted for Better Than Ezra instead of us. Who knows. ↗

— Gene Ween

#band #beaten #being #better #could

I have never taken any substance to enhance my performance. ↗

— Kelli White

#enhance #i #never #performance #substance

Since I was 16, I've felt a black cloud hangs over me. Since then, I have taken pills for depression. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#cloud #depression #felt #hangs #i

The technology is really where all of the changes have taken place, but the fundamentals of a good story being the basis of every good picture, and really the only basis still remains the rule, more so today, I think, because we've unfortunately weaned an audience from birth to kind of mindless movies. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#basis #because #being #birth #changes

When I got a deposit on my very first cake, I took that deposit and I bought some cake mix with it. I've never taken a loan - ever. And we're doing this expansion just like everything we've done in this bakery as we've grown. If we weren't able to afford paying for something cash, we didn't buy it. ↗

— Duff Goldman

#afford #bakery #bought #buy #cake

The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or anxiety, for example, you have done nothing to train the mind, so that when you come off the medication, you are just as vulnerable to a relapse as though you had never taken the medication. ↗

— Daniel Goleman

#come #depression #done #example #for example

If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don't marry and have kids, and above all, don't die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#approve #commit #die #kids #marry

My first calendar was a combination of photos taken from different shoots including golf and casual. ↗

— Natalie Gulbis

#casual #combination #different #first #golf

A journey by Sea and Land, Five Hundred Miles, is not undertaken without money. ↗

— Lewis Hallam

#five #hundred #journey #land #miles