The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow.
LANGSTON HUGHESEverything there is but lovin’ leaves a rust on your old soul.
More Langston Hughes Quotes
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Road’s in front o’ me, Nothin’ to do but walk.
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A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the Earth And every man is free.
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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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Everybody should take each other as they are, white, black, Indians, Creole. Then there would be no prejudice, nations would get along.
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Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.
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Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed – Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.
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Keep your hand on the plow. Hold on.
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Good morning, Revolution: You’re the very best friend I ever had. We gonna pal around together from now on.
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I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa.
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My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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There is no color line in art.
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Never look for a worm in the apple of your eye.
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Negro blood is sure powerful, because just one drop of black blood makes a colored man. One drop–you are a Negro! . . . Black is powerful.
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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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Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.
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