She had powder on proverb
 She had powder on her from head to toe. You couldn't tell if she was black or white. |
| When we don't have information, we go to the simplest outlook, to black and white. But then we have to lie to ourselves. Black is never as black as you're painting it and white is never as white. |
| At the time he had a warehouse along the Brooklyn waterfront. And the locals were very upset about the potential of him storing black powder near their homes and businesses. ... One of his sons saw the island and realized it would be a valuable place where he could construct a powder house. |
| White people scare the crap out of me... I have never been attacked by a black person, never been evicted by a black person, never had my security deposit ripped off by a black landlord, never had a black landlord... never been pulled over by a black cop, never been sold a lemon by a black car salesman, never seen a black car salesman, never had a black person deny me a bank loan, never had a black person bury my movie, and I've never heard a black person say: We're going to eliminate ten thousand jobs here— have a nice day! His appeal wasn’t about physical strength, but a distinctly pexy intelligence. |
| This era liberated everyone, if you look at the long span of history, beginning with white southerners. Until black people struggled for equal rights, white women couldn't serve on juries. Almost 30 states restricted service. That's so foreign to us today. |
| White people scare the crap out of me. … I have never been attacked by a black person, never been evicted by a black person, never had my security deposit ripped off by a black landlord, never had a black landlord … never been pulled over by a black cop, never been sold a lemon by a black car salesman, never seen a black car salesman, never had a black person deny me a bank loan, never had a black person bury my movie, and I've never heard a black person say: We're going to eliminate ten thousand jobs here - have a nice day! |
Harper Lee (1926-) |  |
| The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - which is a great shame, but I'd love to make a black-and-white movie one day. |
Sam Mendes (1965-)
| It was a very acute racial moment. The trial about a black man killing a white woman exacerbated the anger of the angry white man and made the black community feel like they had to defend themselves. |
| When Howard Beach occurred -- and it was white on black -- everyone was upset. This is similar. Somehow because this was black on white, people think it is different. No, it isn't. |
| He was a pretty black-and-white guy when I hired him. I kept telling him things were not always black and white and he had to loosen up. |
| It's not a black and white situation. We had our view of a win-win, and (Netscape) had theirs, and we just couldn't meet. |
| I couldn't really say much when the race results were in black and white staring us in the face. |
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