Kendrick Lamar
Rapper, Songwriter
"We look so much on color that we forget about the soul."
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Color
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Lauren Conrad
Television Personality, Fashion Designer
"You go to new places and it opens your eyes to different things you haven't seen before. Everything from colors, to silhouettes, to patterns - it just comes from everywhere."
Michelle Obama
Lawyer, Author, First Lady
"I admit it: I am louder than the average human being and have no fear of speaking my mind. These traits don't come from the color of my skin but from an unwavering belief in my own intelligence."
Malcolm X
Civil Rights Activist, Minister
"You're living at a time of extremism, a time of revolution A time where there's got to be a change. People in power have misused it And now there has to be a change and a better world has to be built And the only way is going to be built is with extreme methods And I for one will join with anyone, don't care what color you are As long as you want change this miserable condition that exists on this earth"
Malcolm X
Civil Rights Activist, Minister
"I believe that there will be ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those who do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the system of exploitation. I believe that there will be that kind of clash, but I don't think it will be based on the color of the skin."
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"I love to be clean. I wear the same things, all of my clothes pretty much look the same. I'm a plain and simple type of guy. I don't really do a lotta busy colors and things of that nature. I feel like less is more."
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"I consider myself a crayon... I may not be your favorite color but one day you'll need me to complete your picture."
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"Black is the most slimming of all Colors. It is the most flattering. You can wear black at any Time. You can wear it at any age. You can wear it for almost any occasion. I could write a book about black."
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"If we Americans are to survive it will have to be because we choose and elect and defend to be first of all Americans; to present to the world one homogeneous and unbroken front, whether of white Americans or black ones or purple or blue or green... If we in America have reached that point in our desperate culture when we must murder children, no matter for what reason or what color, we don't deserve to survive, and probably won't."
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"I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world and that if it has hit you pretty hard and knocked you for a dozen loops, no matter what color, what size you are, how you are built, I am out to sing the songs that make you take pride in yourself and in your work. And the songs that I sing are made up for the most part by all sorts of folks just about like you."
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"Life is beautiful in all it's colors, even the darker ones, they're here for a reason."
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"The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts."
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"The color of your skin is your uniform in this ultimate battle for the survival of the West."
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"The Bureau of Justice reports that one in three black male babies born this century will go to jail or prison - that is an absolutely astonishing statistic. And it ought to be terrorizing to not just to people of color, but to all of us."
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"Color in a picture is like enthusiasm in life."
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"We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color."
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"It gives a message to people of love... it does not matter what's the colour of your skin, what language do you speak, what religion do you believe in. It is that we should all consider each other as human beings and we should respect each other."
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"No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be emerald, my color undiminished."
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"There is no blue without yellow and without orange."
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"I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color."
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"You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go."
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"If each person in this world will simply take a small piece of this huge thing, this amazing quilt, and work it regardless of the color of the yarn, we will have harmony on this planet."
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"Yellow is capable of charming God."
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"Blue color is everlastingly appointed by the deity to be a source of delight."
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"It is the color closest to light. In its utmost purity it always implies the nature of brightness and has a cheerful, serene, gently stimulating character. Hence, experience teaches us that yellow makes a thoroughly warm and comforting impression."
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