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I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.

Langston Hughes

Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying.
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Beautiful Death Escape Happiness
My seeking has been to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America and obliquely that of all human kind.
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Condition Explanation Human Kind Seek
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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Company Darkness Eat Growth Laughter Myself Strong
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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Beautiful Children Help Honor Man Race Respect Woman Writing Young
It has seemed to me that most people are generally good, in every race and in every country where I have been.
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Country Goodness Myself People Race
Life is an egg you have to be patient and careful with it or it will break.
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Break Care Life Patience Perspective
I do not want no pretty woman. First thing you know, you fall in love with her-then you got to kill somebody about her. She’ll make you so jealous, you’ll bust!
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Fall In Love Herself Jealous Woman Yourself
I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.
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Freedom Heart Broken Myself
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
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Dreams Explode Sun
I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.
LANGSTON HUGHES

Course Death Freedom Live Myself People
Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro – and beautiful!
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Acceptance Beautiful Black Myself Self Love White
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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Deep Growth River Soul
Life dosent frighten me at all.
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Fear Life Myself One Liner Scare
Well, when Christ comes back this time, I hope He comes back mad His own self. I hope He drives the Jim Crowers out of their high places, every living last one of them from Washington to Texas.
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Drive God Hope Myself Place Time
When a man starts out to build a world, He starts first with himself
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Build Himself Inspirational Man Start World
Let America be America, where equality is in the air we breathe.
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Breathe Country Equality

I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.

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I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.

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