#wonder

Most black leaders, whether left, right or center, from Frederick Douglas and Martin Delaney on in the middle of the 19th century have not even wondered about the merits of the capitalist system. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#about #black #capitalist #center #century

The only people who live in a post-black world are four people who live in a little white house on Pennsylvania Avenue. The idea that America is post-racial or post-black because a man I admire, Barack Obama, is president of the United States, is a joke. And I hope no one will even wonder about this crazy fiction again. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#admire #again #america #avenue #barack

There are days when I still want to be able to do what I want when I want, but there's also something wonderful about being secure. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#about #also #being #days #i

I'm not someone who's endlessly patient and wonderful. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

#i #patient #someone #who #wonderful

We all know, the ones who play golf, know what a wonderful game it is and what a great past-time it is. ↗

— Bernhard Langer

#golf #great #know #ones #play

I have known great things and wonderful persons, and I have known homage. ↗

— Lillie Langtry

#great things #homage #i #known #persons

At Christmas, 'It's a Wonderful Life' makes me cry in exactly the same places every time, even though I know it's coming. ↗

— Nicholas Lea

#coming #cry #even #every #every time

Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica. ↗

— Stephen Leacock

#alice #encyclopedia #i #personally #sooner

I think Scotland could take a stand in a wonderful way, ecologically and morally and ethically. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#ethically #i #i think #morally #scotland

An actor has to be very, very careful, as one of the most wonderful props - and actors love props - is a cigarette. There's so much to do with it: you can bring it up to your face, play with the smoke. It's just the greatest - ever since I was 16 and in acting school in England, I've been playing around with cigarettes. ↗

— Melissa Leo

#acting school #actor #around #been #bring