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Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. (Langston Hughes)
I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread. View quote
Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that can not fly. Hold fast to dreams for when dreams go life is a barren field frozen with snow. View quote
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Negroes Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day They change their minds! Wind In the cotton fields, Gentle breeze: Beware the hour It uproots trees! View quote
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You are white - yet a part of me, as I am a part of you. View quote
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The steel of freedom does not stain. From those who live like leeches on the people's lives, We must take back our land again, America! View quote
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Bring me all of your dreams, You dreamer, Bring me all your Heart melodies That I may wrap them In a blue cloud-cloth Away from the too-rough fingers Of the world. View quote
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I am so tired of waiting. Aren't you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife and cut the world in two - and see what worms are eating at the rind. View quote
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Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people - the beauty within themselves. View quote
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In all my life, I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing. View quote
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Writing is like travelling. It's wonderful to go somewhere, but you get tired of staying. (Langston Hughes)
We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line. View quote
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My soul has grown deep like the rivers. View quote
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Violent anger makes me physically ill. View quote
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I must never write when I do not want to write. View quote
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My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America. View quote
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The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror. View quote
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What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore - And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over - like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.Or does it explode? View quote
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It's such a Bore Being always Poor. View quote
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I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread. View quote
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Sure, call me any ugly name you choose - The steel of freedom does not stain. From those who live like leeches on the people's lives, We must take back our land again, America! (Langston Hughes)
My motto, As I live and learn, is: Dig And Be Dug In Return. View quote
Langston Hughes