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BRUCE WHITE
My father identified as a black man. No one asked him because he was clearly black. But people alway... MARIAH CAREY He got smart with me and my son, when we were up there. He asked my son why he was there?
HERBERT PERRY We didn't even know the car was stolen until later. Maybe that explains why they didn't want to stop...
LT. TUNDRA KING We talked for two to five minutes. He asked me where I was coming from. I told him 'I'm lost right n...
JOE WHITE I heard all the black people buzzing about this man in Brooklyn named Jackie Robinson. I asked who h...
MAURY WILLS My probation officer released me early ... because I complied with everything that he asked me to do...
KARYN HOPKINS
I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, "Wha... GRACE MURRAY HOPPER They asked me why we were open, I said it was pressure from the public.
KEITH ALLEN My family never took me to church except a couple of times. But when I was 12, I hung out with this ...
BRIAN WELCH
I asked him why he gave me a girl's name, ... He told me it was the proper way to spell it. But no o... JOHN MADDEN Everybody else was money, money, money and what kind of car they could get me. I just thought it was...
DEMARCUS WARE I called them because my car was taken without my permission. My baby was inside of my car and they ...
KRISTA ALLEN I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, '...
GRACE HOPPER Dominic Sherwood would always tell me a joke right before it was my take or my close up. He'd sa...
EMERAUDE TOUBIA My first car was a Chevy Cavalier. My dad somehow convinced me that it was a hot sports car because ...
KATHERYN WINNICK My black beauty was invited to this celebration of life. Just in case you have a problem with me, as...
SUSIE L HILL
People called me 'Iman the black model'. In my country, we're all black, so nobody calle... IMAN
We have no right to ask when a sorrow comes, 'Why did this happen to me?' unless we ask the same que... FREDERICK KEONIG
We have no right to ask when a sorrow comes, 'Why did this happen to me?' unless we ask the same que... E. JOSEPH COSSMAN
The worst was relizing that I’d lost him for nothing because he’d been rght about all of it-- va... CLAUDIA GRAY It affects me even more because I wondered why are all the families black? Why are they all black?
JOYCE BROWN
The lay reaction is well summed up by the remark of an army officer. We had met socially and were ge... CLYDE KLUCKHOHN Why? Why would they just take my daddy away from me? That would be my question; why?
MICHELLE JOHNSON A smart woman would have walked away then. She would have lit a match and set fire to the entire clu...
A. ZAVARELLI He asked about me and got my phone number. It was like two months later when he called.
JOY WILLIAMSON They kept me in short pants as long as they could, until they were shaving the hair on my legs becau...
JACKIE COOPER I couldn't have asked for a better setup, even if it is my former shadow looming once again over me....
FRANK BLACK [He was asked why he was participating.] Because we have nothing to do this season, ... So I thought...
ELIZABETH LOFTUS
I once came back from a book tour where sleek black cars driven by nice men in black suits waited fo... MARYJANICE DAVIDSON You said that we would stay forever, the only problem was that you later walked away from me and did...
SANDIBEL DIAZ We have history, because he was my training officer,
LEE TERGESEN
My father was so very afraid. I felt it in the sting of his black leather belt, which he applied wit... TA-NEHISI COATES It was him. I tackled him and hugged him. We fell to the ground. He was my son. He was my heart. . ....
TERRY CARTER
We don't have the right to ask when sorrow comes: Why did this happen to me?, unless we ask the same... UNKNOWN This makes me very proud for my country but more than that I am myself proud. In Kenya my first son ...
BENJAMIN LIMO The director took my face in his hands and asked me to show him my teeth, as with a horse. This happ...
VICTORIA ABRIL
My dad picked me up and rocked me in the chair. I felt small and weak and I wanted to hold him back ... BENJAMIN ALIRE SáENZ
An arm snaked around my waist, pulling me to a stop. For the first time in my life I was literally s... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT
Plenty of patrons had asked me strange things, but this was the first who asked me where my car was ... SCOTT DOUGLAS was told by Colonel Warren, the JAG officer for General Sanchez, that they weren't assigned to me, t...
JANIS KARPINSKI
I did it just because my friend asked me to, ... There was a real lack of black male role-model-type... ORSON SCOTT CARD My parents wanted to name me Karim Hill. My aunt always liked the name Dule, from this actor Keir Du...
DULE HILL It was frustrating for me personally to get something done in two to three months through the organi...
DENNIS PARKER I ran away when I was 18 and now I still can't stop hurting myself because of the pain he caused me,...
ANNE MARIE When I was young, a little kid even, my brothers would always make fun of me because my mouth was al...
BRAD HOAG
I would always be like this, always have this within me. There was no beating it. I would never slay... JOHN GREEN
My father was murdered when I was two. Duane, even though he was only a year and 18 days my elder, h... GREGG ALLMAN
In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my passport anym... BEN KINGSLEY
we wouldn't ask why a rose that grew from the concrete for having damaged petals, in turn, we would ... TUPAC SHAKUR
My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so... VICTORIA BECKHAM Yes, I was detained for eight days in Waziristan in 1996. It was against my will, and my passport an...
GREG MORTENSON I was going in the right direction. I'm glad they showed some trust in me to put me in that situatio...
CHAD ORVELLA
While my mother tried to stem my truancy, it would be a complete stranger - an Army Officer in the S... RICHARD CARMONA The cops got out of the car and came straight towards me. My first thought was, How hypocritical�...
BELLA SHADOW
I would love to sign on to do a movie if it was the right role and if it was the right script, becau... TAYLOR SWIFT He always left a nice drink for me. He was just like a father to me, although he never spoke my name...
LEO LATLIP Now I know why other people had to leave me...and stop being my friends. God was planning for me to ...
MITTA XININDLU
My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men wou... ELAYNE BOOSLER
My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men wou... ELAYNE BOOSLER I trained with him before the world championships last summer, when he was in the middle of the situ...
ALEXANDRE DESPATIE
In grammar school some of the girls had problems with me. My face was too light. My hair was too lon... WHITNEY HOUSTON He drove me home, and I remember sitting in my driveway for two hours in the middle of the night tal...
ALLYSON DARNELL He showed us a passport showing he was within the right age, but we had our doubts and asked him to ...
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BILLY CAMPBELL
I realized my hands were in my pockets. He couldn't hold one even if he wanted to. Not unless he act... ELISE ALLEN I'm worn out and my body hurts. I've never experienced in my life trying not to fall asleep in a rac...
A.J. ALLMENDINGER
I wish my name was Brian because maybe sometimes people would misspell my name and call me Brain. Th... MITCH HEDBERG
Quite a lot of people wanted me to write about my family, I suppose for fairly obvious reasons, and ... EMMA TENNANT
My dad took me out to see a meteor shower when I was a little kid, and it was scary for me because h... STEVEN SPIELBERG
It is painful for me because I would love to sit down and talk to my dad about the way he used to be... LAILA ALI ESPN called it hideous. I asked Coach Mears for his permission and he gave me his blessing. I plan o...
BRUCE PEARL
Because I was dying.And Warner could’ve let me die. He was angry and hurt and had ever...
TAHEREH MAFI I just felt a thump from the rear of my car. Ryan was up over me. He was upside down and there was a...
ALEX BARRON Uh-Oh . . . One year I was the guest speaker at an annual conference. The person who coordinated the...
SUSAN C. YOUNG A lot of girls ask for advice on how to get into acting, and I'm kind of the worst person to ask, be...
ALEXIS BLEDEL They just really impressed me. Me and my dad went out there on that visit, and when we were there, t...
LAURA ENGEL My date was really good-natured about it and happily answered all of my dad's questions. I couldn't ...
AMY JOHNSON
I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The gi... MARILYN MONROE The officer said my son didn't make it and he had passed away. I was in shock and wanted to know whe...
JACQUIE SWAN A lot of people ask me what was my best moment in baseball, ... This was it. This was No. 1.
EDDIE PEREZ Don't ask me why nobody saw them before. My feeling is that nobody thought they were there. Standard...
J. ROBIN WARREN Until they were apprehended, they were merely paper photographs to me. It's very difficult to have a...
JAYNE HAWKINS
We lived, until I was 12 or so, in communal apartment with five different families and the same kitc... MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV
In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. P... JACKIE CHAN Tuppence was what my grandmother nicknamed my mother, so she gave it to me. My sister is called Ange...
TUPPENCE MIDDLETON That definitely went through my mind, ... The situation in Houston, I felt teams were going to shy a...
EDDIE GRIFFIN I would inevitably get the girls who were interested in me because I was the guy from E.T. It was ki...
HENRY THOMAS Evan Hunter is not a pseudonym. It has been my legal name since 1952. It is the name I answer to, th...
EVAN HUNTER
That's why I loved being with you. We could do the simplest things, like toss starfish into the ocea... NICHOLAS SPARKS The first thing they asked me was, 'Where are we?' ... The first thing that came to my mind was Flor...
ADAM EVERETT She was just trying to get me away from there so they would stop beating me.
GREG DARNELL He pulled me close and said, "Katie, don't leave me, you're my breath, I refuse to live without you....
J.A. ANUM
Once I accidentally left my passport in Nice, France, when I was on my way to Prague. Upon arriving ... MEGALYN ECHIKUNWOKE Salman will always be that special person in my life because he was able to change my career. I will...
JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ They asked me why I was wearing heels, and I said, I'm trying to hide my ass. They gave me a pro...
MICHAEL ROSENBAUM
I was afraid people wouldn't take me seriously, or would stop respecting me, if I talked about h... BRAD FELD People think it must be wonderful being in movies or on television, but it can be very tough on a ch...
ANGELA CARTWRIGHT You’ve carried my heart, all this time. Hell, you owned my soul. Don’t ask me to stop dreaming o...
LORA LEIGH Coach Zaleski taught me a lot my first year in Louisville, ... I knew the game but from a coaching s...
TOMMY JOHNSON
