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Big Walter used to say, he’d get right wet in the eyes sometimes, lean his head back with the water standing in his eyes and say, ‘Seem like God didn’t see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams – but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worth while.’

Lorraine Hansberry

Ball points belong to their age. They make everyone write alike.
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Age Balls Writing
I was born black and female.
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African American Black Female
Children see things very well sometimes and idealists even better.
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Acceptance Children Inspirational
Take away the violence and who will hear the man of peace?
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Life Men Violence
American straightforwardness is almost as disarming as Americans invariably think it is.
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Disarm Thinking
Our Southside is a place apart: each piece of our living is a protest.
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Pieces Protest
Everybody talking ’bout heaven ain’t going there!
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Heaven Talking
What you ain’t never understood is that I ain’t got nothing, don’t own nothing, ain’t never really wanted nothing that wasn’t for you. There ain’t nothing as precious to me…There ain’t nothing worth holding on to, money, dreams, nothing else–
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Dream Holding Wanted
It’s dangerous, son.’ ‘What’s dangerous?’ ‘When a man goes outside his house to look for peace.
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House Men Son
I think that the human race does command its own destiny and that that destiny can eventually embrace the stars.
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Destiny Stars Thinking
[T]here is only one large circle that we march in, around and around, each of us with our own little picture — in front of us — our own little mirage that we think is the future.
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Circles Mirages Thinking
Though it be a thrilling and marvellous thing to be merely young and gifted in such times, it is doubly so – doubly dynamic – to be young, gifted and black.
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Black Gifted Young
Beneatha: You didn’t tell us what Alaiyo means… for all I know, you might be calling me Little Idiot or something… … Asagai: It means… it means One for Whom Bread–Food–Is Not Enough.
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Calling Littles Mean
Big Walter used to say, he’d get right wet in the eyes sometimes, lean his head back with the water standing in his eyes and say, ‘Seem like God didn’t see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams – but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worth while.’
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Children Dream Everyone Eye
I happen to believe that most people – and this is where I differ from many of my contemporaries, or at least as they express themselves – I think that virtually every human being is dramatically interesting. Not only is he dramatically interesting, he is a creature of stature whoever he is.
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Believe People Thinking
I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love.
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Beautiful Wish

Big Walter used to say, he’d get right wet in the eyes sometimes, lean his head back with the water standing in his eyes and say, ‘Seem like God didn’t see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams – but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worth while.’

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Big Walter used to say, he’d get right wet in the eyes sometimes, lean his head back with the water standing in his eyes and say, ‘Seem like God didn’t see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams – but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worth while.’

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