#we

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

People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him - it was illegal for them to be married in several states in this country. So if we start making it okay that certain people can marry and other people can't, it's a slippery slope of civil rights. Who knows who is going to be allowed to marry or not marry next. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#allowed #barack #certain #civil #civil rights

I was a bit of a loner as a teenager. I never went to a single social event, because they terrified me. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#bit #event #i #loner #me

You never choose the way that you're raised, it's just the way that you were raised, but you do get to a certain age where you're in a position to question the expectations of you and the way that you've been formed by your surroundings. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#been #certain #certain age #choose #expectations

Yeah, I went to ACT for a while. It was great. ↗

— Gedde Watanabe

#great #i #went #while #yeah

It is dishonest the way that people suddenly think they've found guitars, and wear their guitar as a badge. ↗

— Pete Waterman

#dishonest #found #guitar #guitars #people

To me, flying free is doing what I want to do, even if it's different from what everybody expects me to do. I'm flying free when I win the battle between me and the people who thought I should go down this road and I find my own road. ↗

— Crystal Waters

#between #different #doing #down #even

All my life I've been prejudiced against wealthy people. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#been #i #life #my life #people

Basically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think no more of people as Northerners and Southerners. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#between #blacks #browns #decided #difference

I've never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#about #anything #been #brow #feel