#types

What I can say is that it was clear to many of us that an indigenous African literary renaissance was overdue. A major objective was to challenge stereotypes, myths, and the image of ourselves and our continent, and to recast them through stories- prose, poetry, essays, and books for our children. That was my overall goal. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#stereotypes

If you join the rat race — you're in the race of rats. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#activist #competitive #gender-stereotypes #stereotypes

A stereotype is not a stereotype if it's true. ↗

— Ron DeLegge II

#prejudices #racism #stereotypes #racism

When you grow up as a girl, it is like there are faint chalk lines traced approximately three inches around your entire body at all times, drawn by society and often religion and family and particularly other women, who somehow feel invested in how you behave, as if your actions reflect directly on all womanhood. ↗

— M.E. Thomas

#feminism #feminist #gender #gender-roles #gender-stereotypes

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#bullets #compared #hot #lead #metal

I've noticed a lot of younger artists have less fear of doing different sorts of things, whether it's various types of music, or gallery artists moving between video and sculpture and drawing. ↗

— David Byrne

#between #different #doing #drawing #fear

I don't think I'll be playing again. I'm very content and happy, doing the types of things I haven't gotten to do, be a father. ↗

— Antonio Davis

#content #doing #father #gotten #happy

There are two types of films - one made by the big-time producers, the other is low budget stuff made by some producers who make films for the heck of it, they complete their films for small amounts, sell it at low costs with almost no publicity. ↗

— Ajay Devgan

#big-time #budget #complete #costs #films

I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#each #i #know #movies #my time

My favourite types of cuisine are Asian and Caribbean, and I love cooking new recipes for my family. ↗

— Jourdan Dunn

#caribbean #cooking #cuisine #family #favourite