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.
LANGSTON HUGHESBeauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying.
More Langston Hughes Quotes
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For poems are like rainbows; they escape you quickly.
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A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the Earth And every man is free.
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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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When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.
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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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Road’s in front o’ me, Nothin’ to do but walk.
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My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, but I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong.
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Life is a system of half-truths and lies, Opportunistic, convenient evasion.
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Life is an egg you have to be patient and careful with it or it will break.
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I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn’t, So I jumped in and sank.
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Everything there is but lovin’ leaves a rust on your old soul.
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The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss.
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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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