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When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left.

Langston Hughes

Reach Up Your Hand… and take a star.
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Hands Reach Star
The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss.
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Calm Cool Face Kiss Myself River
An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.
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Afraid Artist Choice Fear Freedom
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
LANGSTON HUGHES

Dreams Explode Sun
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain.
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Love Myself Night Play Rain Song
When poems stop talking about the moon and begin to mention poverty, trade unions, color, color lines and colonies, somebody tells the police.
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Beginning Color Moon Poem Police Stop Talk
Pleasured equally In seeking as in finding, Each detail minding, Old Walt went seeking And finding.
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Detail Happiness Pleasure Search Seek
It has seemed to me that most people are generally good, in every race and in every country where I have been.
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Country Goodness Myself People Race
A dog gets lonesome just like a human. He wants to associate with other dogs, but when they take him out, the poor dog is on a leash and cannot run around.
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Dog Human Prison Run
The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you’ll finish it.
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Finish Start Way Yourself
Life dosent frighten me at all.
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Fear Life Myself One Liner Scare
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.
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Course Death Freedom Live Myself People
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
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Head Kiss Rain Sing Yourself
I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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Deep Growth Human Old River Soul World
I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, but I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong.
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Company Darkness Eat Growth Laughter Myself Strong
Blues had the pulse beat of the people who keep on going.
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Hard Time Inspirational Motivational People

When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left.

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