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It’s dangerous, son.’ ‘What’s dangerous?’ ‘When a man goes outside his house to look for peace.

Lorraine Hansberry

Obviously the most oppressed of any oppressed group will be its women
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Groups Oppressed
Once upon a time freedom used to be life-now it’s money. I guess the world really do change.
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Once Upon A Time Used World
That’s what being eccentric means–being natural.
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Eccentric Mean Natural
When a man knows that the abstraction ten exists – nothing on earth can stop him from looking for the fact of eleven.
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Curiosity Earth Men
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
Everybody talking ’bout heaven ain’t going there!
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Heaven Talking
Our Southside is a place apart: each piece of our living is a protest.
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Pieces Protest
Seems like God don’t see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams – but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile.
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Children Dream Men
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
Children see things very well sometimes and idealists even better.
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Acceptance Children Inspirational
One for whom bread- food- is not enough.
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Bread Enough Food One
Mama – Mama – I want so many things… I want so many things that they are driving me kind of crazy.
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Crazy Mama Want
Take away the violence and who will hear the man of peace?
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Life Men Violence
Ah, I like the look of packing crates! A household in preparation for a journey! … Something full of the flow of life, do you understand? Movement, progress…
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Journey Moving Preparation
I care. I care about it all. It takes too much energy not to care.
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Care Caring Energy
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

It’s dangerous, son.’ ‘What’s dangerous?’ ‘When a man goes outside his house to look for peace.

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