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Pleasured equally In seeking as in finding, Each detail minding, Old Walt went seeking And finding.

Langston Hughes

LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words.
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Democracy Freedom Liberty True Word
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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Blind Body Eyes Hands Inspirational Mindset Motivational Power See World
Road’s in front o’ me, Nothin’ to do but walk.
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Myself Road Walk
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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Change Difference Help Practical Time Transformation Writing
Reach Up Your Hand… and take a star.
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Hands Reach Star
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
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Dreams Explode Sun
I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa.
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Black Identity Myself Personality
Go home and write / a page tonight. / And let that page come out of you – / Then, it will be true.
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Home Page Poet True Writing 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
There’s a certain amount of traveling in a dream deferred.
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Dreams Lost Travel
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
Everybody should take each other as they are, white, black, Indians, Creole. Then there would be no prejudice, nations would get along.
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Care Different Each Other Ethnicity Nation Togetherness Unity
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
Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
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Rain Sing Song
There is no color line in art.
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Art Color Line One Liner
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

Pleasured equally In seeking as in finding, Each detail minding, Old Walt went seeking And finding.

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