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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.

Lorraine Hansberry

Never be afraid to sit a while and think.
LORRAINE HANSBERRY

Dream Inspirational Love
There is always something left to love. And if you haven’t learned that, you ain’t learned nothing.
LORRAINE HANSBERRY

Inspirational Love Raisins
This is one of the glories of man, the inventiveness of the human mind and the human spirit: whenever life doesn’t seem to give an answer, we create one.
LORRAINE HANSBERRY

Giving Men Mind
Ball points belong to their age. They make everyone write alike.
LORRAINE HANSBERRY

Age Balls Writing
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.
LORRAINE HANSBERRY

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.’
LORRAINE HANSBERRY

Children Dream Everyone Eye
I was born black and female.
LORRAINE HANSBERRY

African American Black Female
[T]here is only one large circle that we march in, around and around, each of us with our own little picture — in front of us — our own little mirage that we think is the future.
LORRAINE HANSBERRY

Circles Mirages Thinking
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.
LORRAINE HANSBERRY

Feminist Ignorance Roots
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.
LORRAINE HANSBERRY

Children Dream Men
It’s dangerous, son.’ ‘What’s dangerous?’ ‘When a man goes outside his house to look for peace.
LORRAINE HANSBERRY

House Men Son
I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love.
LORRAINE HANSBERRY

Beautiful Wish
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

Being Alone Loneliness Running
Mama – Mama – I want so many things… I want so many things that they are driving me kind of crazy.
LORRAINE HANSBERRY

Crazy Mama Want
Once upon a time freedom used to be life-now it’s money. I guess the world really do change.
LORRAINE HANSBERRY

Once Upon A Time Used World
Though it be a thrilling and marvellous thing to be merely young and gifted in such times, it is doubly so – doubly dynamic – to be young, gifted and black.
LORRAINE HANSBERRY

Black Gifted Young

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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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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