Token Black Quotes

#1. But non of this matters, because you're not going to listen to your token black Jewish bi friend, are you?

Michelle Hodkin

#2. Ben Starling, you better not have bought your token black friend a racist shirt

John Green

#3. Honesty is the essence of every successful relationship.

Novoneel Chakraborty

#4. I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world.

Garret Dillahunt

#5. I was always very comfortable with who I was. Confident. I've never looked at [my body] in a negative way.

Jennifer Lopez

#6. John Bonham was probably the most influential in terms of playing style and timing.

Tommy Lee

#7. They played great and I can honestly say I don't think any of us were expecting this type of performance. They were great. You have to give them credit for that.

Erik Spoelstra

#8. Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.

Benjamin Franklin

#9. Open yourself to discomfort. Meet it with mercy, not fear. Recognize that when our pain most calls for our embrace, we are often the least present. Soften, enter, and explore, and continue softening to make room for your life.

Stephen Levine

#10. In my experience, as a young black artist, you have to fulfill an archetype, or be a token - and I was unwilling to do that.

Solange Knowles

#11. Getting the chance at 40 to make up stories that other people would draw and other people would then read is pretty weird.

Chris Roberson