Looks like what drives me crazy Don’t have no effect on you– But I’m gonna keep on at it Till it drives you crazy, too.
LANGSTON HUGHESLIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words.
More Langston Hughes Quotes
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Life is an egg you have to be patient and careful with it or it will break.
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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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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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If you want to honor me, give some young boy or girl who’s coming along trying to create arts and write and compose and sing and act and paint and dance and make something out of the beauties of the Negro race-give that child some help.
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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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Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro – and beautiful!
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Words Like Freedom There are words like Freedom Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heartstrings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words like Liberty That almost make me cry. If you had known what I know You would know why.
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Summer was made to give you a taste of what hell is like. Winter was made for landladies to charge high rents and keep cold radiators and make a fortune off of poor tenants.
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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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Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
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Whiskey just naturally likes me but beer likes me better.
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Road’s in front o’ me, Nothin’ to do but walk.
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This morning I paid seventy cents for two little old dried-up slivers of bacon and one cockeyed egg. It took me till noon to get my appetite back.
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LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words.
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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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