But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There’s a song that says, “the time ain’t long.” That song is right. Something has got to change in America-and change soon. We must help that change to come.
LANGSTON HUGHESO, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe.
More Langston Hughes Quotes
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Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
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The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss.
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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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Whiskey just naturally likes me but beer likes me better.
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Gather up In the arms of your love—Those who expect No love from above.
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Everything there is but lovin’ leaves a rust on your old soul.
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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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Humor is laughing at what you haven’t got when you ought to have it.
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Love is a naked shadow, On a gnarled and naked tree.
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Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.
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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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To create a market for your writing you have to be consistent, professional, a continuing writer – not just a one-article or a one-story or a one-book man.
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A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the Earth And every man is free.
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There is no color line in art.
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I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, but I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong.
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