Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection.
LANGSTON HUGHESKeep your hand on the plow. Hold on.
More Langston Hughes Quotes
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I wish the rent Was heaven sent.
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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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A dream deferred is a dream denied.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can’t see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.
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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.
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I look at my own body With eyes no longer blind- And I see that my own hands can make The world that’s in my mind.
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The rhythm of life is a jazz rhythm
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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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One of the great difficulties about being a member of a minority race is that so many kindhearted, well-meaning bores gather around to help.
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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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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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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.
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Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
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