words of wisdom
I had actually planned on doing this but Milesfan79 stole my idea first ;)
These are some quotes that I absolutely love.
Some are from famous people, some are from people who I know are going to be famous one day.
"For me, music and life are all about style."
--Miles Davis
"There is no greater beauty than the real you."
--Dee
"...I love black thighs, ya sistahs betta realize that REAL hair and REAL eyes get REAL guys..."
--Common, "In My Own Worl" okay I really love this quote
"I'm sick of women singing about broke men, Sick of men singing about loose women, sick of the award shows, sick of name brand clothes...From this moment forth I stand as the Antithesis of Black Popular Culture!! I Am the ANTI-COOL!! I hereby declare myself...A NERD."
--Huey Freeman, "Boondocks"
"Just let go of your leash, take those shackles off your feet...I guarantee you'll be free and happier...LIVE NAPPIER!!!"
--Fertile Ground
"The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses."
--Malcom X
"I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me."
--Muhammad Ali another one of my favorites I swear he was talking about me and I wasn't even born yet
"If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more."
--Harriet Tubman
"YOU ATTRACT WHAT YOU ARE! YOU GET WHAT YOU ALLOW! I'm so sick of the 'Black men aint this and that' talk. Most women are not on point, but want so much."
--LotsOfLocs (Nappturality Member)okay the sistah is really telling the truth
"I'm not broke, I'm in between blessings."
--tdhayes
"People who are deciding to go natural are being political. It may not be conscious, but when you go against the status quo of a racist culture, it's a political statement."
--Lydia Ann Douglass, film director of a "Nappy" documentary.
"I refuse to censor my views and opinions to keep from bruising your ego."
--Mary
"The world will re-shape itself around you if it has to. DonÂt bend yourself up to fit a flawed world."
--Honeychild
"These cats drink champagne and toast death and pain...like slaves on a ship talkin bout who got the flyest chain..."
--Talib Kweli
"Well-behaved women seldom make history."
"Save a boyfriend for a rainy day. And another, in case it doesn't rain."
--Mae West
"I was thought to be 'stuck up.' I wasn't. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure."
--Bette Davis
and my all time favorite
"The presidents a Bush; the vice presidents a dick; so a whole lotta fuckin' is what we gon' get"
--Talib Kweli
These are some quotes that I absolutely love.
Some are from famous people, some are from people who I know are going to be famous one day.
"For me, music and life are all about style."
--Miles Davis
"There is no greater beauty than the real you."
--Dee
"...I love black thighs, ya sistahs betta realize that REAL hair and REAL eyes get REAL guys..."
--Common, "In My Own Worl" okay I really love this quote
"I'm sick of women singing about broke men, Sick of men singing about loose women, sick of the award shows, sick of name brand clothes...From this moment forth I stand as the Antithesis of Black Popular Culture!! I Am the ANTI-COOL!! I hereby declare myself...A NERD."
--Huey Freeman, "Boondocks"
"Just let go of your leash, take those shackles off your feet...I guarantee you'll be free and happier...LIVE NAPPIER!!!"
--Fertile Ground
"The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses."
--Malcom X
"I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me."
--Muhammad Ali another one of my favorites I swear he was talking about me and I wasn't even born yet
"If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more."
--Harriet Tubman
"YOU ATTRACT WHAT YOU ARE! YOU GET WHAT YOU ALLOW! I'm so sick of the 'Black men aint this and that' talk. Most women are not on point, but want so much."
--LotsOfLocs (Nappturality Member)okay the sistah is really telling the truth
"I'm not broke, I'm in between blessings."
--tdhayes
"People who are deciding to go natural are being political. It may not be conscious, but when you go against the status quo of a racist culture, it's a political statement."
--Lydia Ann Douglass, film director of a "Nappy" documentary.
"I refuse to censor my views and opinions to keep from bruising your ego."
--Mary
"The world will re-shape itself around you if it has to. DonÂt bend yourself up to fit a flawed world."
--Honeychild
"These cats drink champagne and toast death and pain...like slaves on a ship talkin bout who got the flyest chain..."
--Talib Kweli
"Well-behaved women seldom make history."
"Save a boyfriend for a rainy day. And another, in case it doesn't rain."
--Mae West
"I was thought to be 'stuck up.' I wasn't. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure."
--Bette Davis
and my all time favorite
"The presidents a Bush; the vice presidents a dick; so a whole lotta fuckin' is what we gon' get"
--Talib Kweli
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