Both of them were very good and kind – the one who went to church and the one who didn’t. And no doubt from them I learned to like both Christians and sinners equally well.
LANGSTON HUGHESOne of the great difficulties about being a member of a minority race is that so many kindhearted, well-meaning bores gather around to help.
More Langston Hughes Quotes
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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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I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
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Out of love, No regrets– Though the goodness Be wasted forever. Out of love, No regrets– Though the return Be never.
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Money and art are far apart.
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I stay cool, and dig all jive, That’s the way I stay alive. My motto, as I live and learn, is Dig and be dug In return.
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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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Negro blood is sure powerful, because just one drop of black blood makes a colored man. One drop–you are a Negro! . . . Black is powerful.
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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
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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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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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Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro – and beautiful!
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Keep your hand on the plow. Hold on.
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There is no color line in art.
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A dream deferred is a dream denied.
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