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 look at you and I see the final triumph of stupidity in the world!
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I look at you and I see the final triumph of stupidity in the world!
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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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Once upon a time freedom used to be life-now it’s money. I guess the world really do change.
LORRAINE HANSBERRYOnce upon a time freedom used to be life-now it’s money. I guess the world really do change.
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I care. I care about it all. It takes too much energy not to care.
LORRAINE HANSBERRYI care. I care about it all. It takes too much energy not to care.
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I was born black and female.
LORRAINE HANSBERRYI was born black and female.
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Take away the violence and who will hear the man of peace?
LORRAINE HANSBERRYTake away the violence and who will hear the man of peace?
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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 HANSBERRYA 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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I look at you and I see the final triumph of stupidity in the world!
LORRAINE HANSBERRYI look at you and I see the final triumph of stupidity in the world!
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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 HANSBERRYThe 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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American straightforwardness is almost as disarming as Americans invariably think it is.
LORRAINE HANSBERRYAmerican straightforwardness is almost as disarming as Americans invariably think it is.
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It’s dangerous, son.’ ‘What’s dangerous?’ ‘When a man goes outside his house to look for peace.
LORRAINE HANSBERRYIt’s dangerous, son.’ ‘What’s dangerous?’ ‘When a man goes outside his house to look for peace.
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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.
LORRAINE HANSBERRYBeneatha: 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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Ball points belong to their age. They make everyone write alike.
LORRAINE HANSBERRYBall points belong to their age. They make everyone write alike.
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One for whom bread- food- is not enough.
LORRAINE HANSBERRYOne for whom bread- food- is not enough.
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One cannot live with sighted eyes and feeling heart and not know and read of the miseries which affect the world.
LORRAINE HANSBERRYOne cannot live with sighted eyes and feeling heart and not know and read of the miseries which affect the world.
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Our Southside is a place apart: each piece of our living is a protest.
LORRAINE HANSBERRYOur Southside is a place apart: each piece of our living is a protest.
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Everybody talking ’bout heaven ain’t going there!
LORRAINE HANSBERRYEverybody talking ’bout heaven ain’t going there!
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