Amanda Gorman As a young black woman, I notice at times in the mainstream media framing of the ‘me too’ movement you see a white female face or a white male face, and that type of questioning and interrogation needs to happen. – Amanda Gorman Black Quotes Female Quotes Framing Quotes Happen Quotes Interrogation Quotes Mainstream Quotes Male Quotes Media Quotes Movement Quotes Notice Quotes Questioning Quotes Times Quotes Type Quotes White Quotes Woman Quotes What’s really funny about being National Youth Poet Laureate is that not everyone even knows it exists. One of my delays was in speech and speech pronunciation, and also the auditory processing issue just means I really struggle as an auditory learner.
Shweta Basu Prasad Cinema immortalizes ordinary people. Not just the ones we watch on the silver screens, but also the behind the scene heroes. – Shweta Basu Prasad
LifeOscar Wilde There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. – Oscar Wilde
Donna Brazile As a child, I sat in the back of the bus. I was told, time and time again, that God’s potential didn’t exist in people like me. I’ve spent my life fighting to change that. And, from the first day when I met Hillary Clinton, I’ve known that she’s someone who cares just as much and fights just as hard. – Donna Brazile
Laurieann Gibson I am trained, and I did do ‘The Nutcracker’ in its right form, but at the time, they told me I was black and I’d never be in ‘Swan Lake.’ I went through all those prejudices in the ballet community, and I still emerged wonderfully trained and found my way to Alvin Ailey where there were familiar faces. – Laurieann Gibson
Justin Kan The best way to sell your company for a lot of money is to have a good company. – Justin Kan
Adrian Dunbar You don’t want to be acting your way towards something. The sense of believability has to be great, so bringing it as close to yourself as you can always helps. – Adrian Dunbar
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