“I actually like George W. Bush. In some ways, I’m the George W. Bush of hip hop–nobody likes me, but I’m still gonna run it for the next four years.”
–50 Cent
“We fought that battle 50 years ago, and we won. Why is this happening again?”
–NAACP District Vice President James Panell, on a recent incident in which nine black children in Coushatta, La., were directed to the back of their school bus by a white driver who designated the front seats for white children.
“We might be talking about hors d’oeuvres made of quail and moulard duck breast something or other, and the client will clutch her neck and ask, almost sotto voce, whether they could possibly have pigs in blankets. “
–Serena Bass, a caterer, on pigs in blankets becoming essential at high-end parties.
