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.
LANGSTON HUGHESA picture, to be an interesting picture, must be more than a picture, otherwise it is only a reproduction of an object, and not an object of value in itself.
More Langston Hughes Quotes
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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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Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed – Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.
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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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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.
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A dream deferred is a dream denied.
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For my best poems were all written when I felt the worst. When I was happy, I didn’t write anything.
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Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
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The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow.
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My seeking has been to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America and obliquely that of all human kind.
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The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss.
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When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left.
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Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt Like snow.
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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.
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An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.
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Keep your hand on the plow. Hold on.
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