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.
LORRAINE HANSBERRYBig 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.’
More Lorraine Hansberry Quotes
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Children see things very well sometimes and idealists even better.
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I want to fly! I want to touch the sun!” “Finish your eggs first.
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One for whom bread- food- is not enough.
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Mama – Mama – I want so many things… I want so many things that they are driving me kind of crazy.
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Seems like God don’t see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams – but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile.
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Beneatha: You didn’t tell us what Alaiyo means… for all I know, you might be calling me Little Idiot or something… … Asagai: It means… it means One for Whom Bread–Food–Is Not Enough.
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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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The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.
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Once upon a time freedom used to be life-now it’s money. I guess the world really do change.
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Never be afraid to sit a while and think.
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There may be women to emerge who will be able to formulate a new and possible concept that homosexual persecution and condemnation has at its roots not only social ignorance, but a philosophically active anti-feminist dogma.
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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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Ah, I like the look of packing crates! A household in preparation for a journey! … Something full of the flow of life, do you understand? Movement, progress…
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Obviously the most oppressed of any oppressed group will be its women
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I happen to believe that most people – and this is where I differ from many of my contemporaries, or at least as they express themselves – I think that virtually every human being is dramatically interesting. Not only is he dramatically interesting, he is a creature of stature whoever he is.
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