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A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness, as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men – and people in general.

Lorraine Hansberry

I think that the glorious thing about the human race is that it does change the world — constantly. The world or ‘life’ may seem to more often overwhelm the human being’s capacity for struggling against being overwhelmed which is remarkable and exhilarating.
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Race Struggle Thinking
One for whom bread- food- is not enough.
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Bread Enough Food One
The grim possibility is that she who ‘hides her brains’ will, more than likely, end up with a mate who is only equal to a woman with ‘hidden brains’ or none at all.
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Brain Intelligence Women
American straightforwardness is almost as disarming as Americans invariably think it is.
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Disarm Thinking
I was born black and female.
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African American Black Female
Children see things very well sometimes and idealists even better.
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Acceptance Children Inspirational
The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.
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Children Mean Struggle
Do I remain a revolutionary? Intellectually — without a doubt. But am I prepared to give my body to the struggle or even my comforts? This is what I puzzle about.
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Doubt Giving Struggle
What you ain’t never understood is that I ain’t got nothing, don’t own nothing, ain’t never really wanted nothing that wasn’t for you. There ain’t nothing as precious to me…There ain’t nothing worth holding on to, money, dreams, nothing else–
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Dream Holding Wanted
Obviously the most oppressed of any oppressed group will be its women
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Groups Oppressed
Never be afraid to sit a while and think.
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Dream Inspirational Love
I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love.
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Beautiful Wish
Sometimes, I can see the future stretched out in front of me – just as plain as day. The future hanging over there at the edge of my days. Just waiting for me.
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Future Sometimes Waiting
Big Walter used to say, he’d get right wet in the eyes sometimes, lean his head back with the water standing in his eyes and say, ‘Seem like God didn’t see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams – but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worth while.’
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Children Dream Everyone Eye
Our Southside is a place apart: each piece of our living is a protest.
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Pieces Protest
When a man knows that the abstraction ten exists – nothing on earth can stop him from looking for the fact of eleven.
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Curiosity Earth Men

A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness, as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men – and people in general.

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