Humor is laughing at what you haven’t got when you ought to have it.
LANGSTON HUGHESBlues had the pulse beat of the people who keep on going.
More Langston Hughes Quotes
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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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Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
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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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It has seemed to me that most people are generally good, in every race and in every country where I have been.
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Let America be America, where equality is in the air we breathe.
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The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain.
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The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow.
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There’s a certain amount of traveling in a dream deferred.
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The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss.
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I wish the rent Was heaven sent.
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Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
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I don’t dare start thinking in the morning. I don’t dare start thinking in the morning. If I thought thoughts in bed, Them thoughts would bust my head– So I don’t dare start thinking in the morning.
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Life is a system of half-truths and lies, Opportunistic, convenient evasion.
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LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words.
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Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro – and beautiful!
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