![If you recall when [John] Kennedy passed an edict, 'Every person you hire in the Post Office must be African American,' the challenge with that is if all of a sudden, you are hired just because of the color of your skin, ability has nothing to do with it.And if ability has nothing to do with it, what does it do? It promotes mediocrity.](/assets/img/quote-photos/if-you-recall-when-john-kennedy-passed-an-edict-every-person-you-hire-in-the.jpg)
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Italians at the end of the day are Europeans. This Cuban guy is a person of color and a political refugee. Serena Kim
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He is the only quarterback I have ever seen that actually looks for the other color helmet, and then tries to hit it. He hunts for tacklers, and wants to punish them for trying to tackle him.
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Whatever the color of Germany's new government will ultimately be, the pace of structural reforms is likely to be slow.
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Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic. Antoni Gaudi
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I actually like the red. I don't mind the colors at all. Marty Turco
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I certainly do not exist from nine to six, when I am at the office. Wallace Stevens
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Right now police officers are trying to keep people off the road.
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I'll be (at the office) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays.
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This president goes into office with more expectations than any president I can ever remember in my lifetime.-2008 Nancy Pelosi
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My love affairs are just between my office and gym. Mikhail Prokhorov
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No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you. Zora Neale Hurston
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I'm not going to sit at your table and watch you eat, with nothing on my plate, and call myself a diner. Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner. Malcolm X
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Imagine what a harmonious world it... Quincy Jones
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Take that bone out of your nose and call me back (to an African American female caller). Rush Limbaugh
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