I look at my own body With eyes no longer blind— And I see that my own hands can make The world that’s in my mind. Then let us hurry, comrades, The road to find. ― Langston Hughes

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Then it was that books began to happen to me, and I began to believe in nothing but books and the wonderful world in books-- where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables as we did in Kansas. ― Langston Hughes

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Because shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet. ― Langston Hughes

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Just what is a liberal?" asked Simple. "Well, as nearly as I can tell, a liberal is a nice man who acts decently toward people, talks democratically, and often is democratic in his personal life, but does not stand up very well in action when some real social issue like Jim Crow comes up. ― Langston Hughes,

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Poetry is the human soul entire Squeezed like a lemon or a lime, Drop by drop into atomic words". ― Langston Hughes

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Good people are not that good. To tell the truth, if I were white, no matter how much I loved Negroes, I doubt that I would submit myself to Jim Crow living conditions just to prove my love.” “Neither would I,” said Simple. “Then you would not be very good, either.” “No,” said Simple, “but I would be white. ― Langston Hughes

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No, I don't ever give up. I'd have to be dead or completely incapacitated ― Elon Musk

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Love is an endless mystery because there is no reasonable cause that could explain it.

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Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth. -Menachem Begin

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Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. ― Langston Hughes

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