A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the Earth And every man is free.
LANGSTON HUGHESBeauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying.
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Pleasured equally In seeking as in finding, Each detail minding, Old Walt went seeking And finding.
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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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I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa.
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I dream a world… where wretchedness will hang its head and joy, like a pearl, attends the needs of all mankind. Of such I dream, my world!
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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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I wish the rent Was heaven sent.
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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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When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left.
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A picture, to be an interesting picture, must be more than a picture, otherwise it is only a reproduction of an object, and not an object of value in itself.
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Never look for a worm in the apple of your eye.
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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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When a man starts out to build a world, He starts first with himself
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Peace We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark They could not see Who had gained The victory.
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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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I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.
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