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Keep your hand on the plow. Hold on.

Langston Hughes

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
For poems are like rainbows; they escape you quickly.
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Escape Poem Quick Yourself
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
A dog gets lonesome just like a human. He wants to associate with other dogs, but when they take him out, the poor dog is on a leash and cannot run around.
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Dog Human Prison Run
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
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Bird Break Death Deep Dreams Fast Fly Hold Life Wings
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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Alive Learning Myself Return Stay
Whiskey just naturally likes me but beer likes me better.
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Alcohol Better Instagram Captions Myself Naturally
Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.
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Death Life Live Music Note
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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Doubt Equality Goodness Kindness Learning Myself Sin
Everything there is but lovin’ leaves a rust on your old soul.
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Leaving Love Old Soul Yourself
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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Acceptance Black Blood Inspirational Powerful
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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Head Kiss Rain Sing Yourself
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
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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Build Freedom Mountain Ourselves Stand Strong Temple
Most musicians remain poor. But the music that they make, even if it does not bring them millions, gives millions of people happiness.
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Happiness Music People Poor
Reach Up Your Hand… and take a star.
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Hands Reach Star

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