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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

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

Believe People Thinking
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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Children Dream Men
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
Obviously the most oppressed of any oppressed group will be its women
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Groups Oppressed
I care. I care about it all. It takes too much energy not to care.
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Care Caring Energy
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
I want to fly! I want to touch the sun!” “Finish your eggs first.
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Eggs First Want
Once upon a time freedom used to be life-now it’s money. I guess the world really do change.
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Once Upon A Time Used World
Mama – Mama – I want so many things… I want so many things that they are driving me kind of crazy.
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Crazy Mama Want
I look at you and I see the final triumph of stupidity in the world!
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Finals Stupidity Triumph
[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.
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Circles Mirages Thinking
American straightforwardness is almost as disarming as Americans invariably think it is.
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Disarm Thinking
One for whom bread- food- is not enough.
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Bread Enough Food One
Take away the violence and who will hear the man of peace?
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Life Men Violence
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
Children see things very well sometimes and idealists even better.
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Acceptance Children Inspirational

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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