Collinsworth Notre Dame Quotes & Sayings

The truth, as I see it, is that if black men and women, black boys and girls, mattered, if we were seen as living, we would not be dying simply because whites don't like us. Our deaths inside a system of racism existed before we were born. The legacy of black bodies as property and subsequently three-fifths human continues to pollute the white imagination. To inhabit our citizenry fully, we have to not only understand this, but also grasp it. — Jesmyn Ward

[Mark] Epprecht's larger thesis [...] is that Europeans introduced homophobia, not homosexuality, to Africa. — Chantal Zabus

The big question is always, 'Eyes or lips?' I tend to go with the eyes because I've got a lot more material to work with now - and it saves me from reapplying lipstick! I'm a pretty low-maintenance person and it's too excessive to exaggerate both the eyes and lips. — Claire Danes

I can only do what I do with a spirit of humor, and faith and give the controls over to something else. — Elizabeth Lesser

Life would be so much harder if I had to lie about who I was. — Mary Cheney

Your answer is yes, you would. You're afraid to say it out loud because you know, once you do, it makes it real - this thing between us - and then you won't be able to stop it from happening. What, deep down inside, you know is inevitable. — Samantha Towle