When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you’re telling them that they’re less than somebody else.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSLife for my child is simple, and is good.
More Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes
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It is brave to be involved.
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Exhaust the little moment soon it dies.
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The music is in minors.
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No man can give me any word but Wait.
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Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come again in this identical guise.
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One reason cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.
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Live not for Battles Won. Live not for The-End-of-the-Song. Live in the along.
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Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.
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And if sun comes how shall we greet him? shall we not dread him, shall we not fear him after so lengthy a session with shade?
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Don’t let anyone call you a minority if you’re black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You’re not less than anybody else.
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We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.
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I don’t like the idea of the black race being diluted out of existence. I like the idea of all of us being here.
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Be yourself. Don’t imitate other poets. You are as important as they are.
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I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it.
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Life for my child is simple, and is good.
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