The rhythm of life is a jazz rhythm
LANGSTON HUGHESBlues had the pulse beat of the people who keep on going.
More Langston Hughes Quotes
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Well, when Christ comes back this time, I hope He comes back mad His own self. I hope He drives the Jim Crowers out of their high places, every living last one of them from Washington to Texas.
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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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Folks, I’m telling you, birthing is hard and dying is mean- so get yourself a little loving in between.
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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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The first of the month falls every month, too, North or South. And them white folks who sends bills never forgets to send them-the phone bill, the furniture bill, the water bill, the gas bill, insurance, house rent.
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Misery is when you heard on the radio that the neighborhood you live in is a slum but you always thought it was home.
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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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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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The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss.
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I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn’t, So I jumped in and sank.
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If the government can set aside some spot for a elk to be a elk without being bothered, or a buffalo to be a buffalo without being shot down, there ought to be some place where a Negro can be a Negro without being Jim Crowed.
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Peace We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark They could not see Who had gained The victory.
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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
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My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves.
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