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.
LANGSTON HUGHESPeace We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark They could not see Who had gained The victory.
More Langston Hughes Quotes
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Cheap little rhymes A cheap little tune Are sometimes as dangerous As a sliver of the moon.
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I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.
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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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Life is a system of half-truths and lies, Opportunistic, convenient evasion.
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Books -where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables.
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Love is a naked shadow, On a gnarled and naked tree.
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LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words.
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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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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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A dream deferred is a dream denied.
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Life is a big sea full of many fish. I let down my nets and pulled. I’m still pulling.
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Sometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy, Sometimes a bone Is flung. To some people Love is given, To others Only heaven.
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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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Money and art are far apart.
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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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