William Butler Yeats Quotes

Pale brows, still hands and dim hair, I had a beautiful friend And dreamed that the old despair Would end in love in the end.

William Butler Yeats

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• Blackness is a state of mind, and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white woman. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community.

  

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• A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.

  

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• For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.

  

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• The Talented Tenth of the Negro race must be made leaders of thought and missionaries of culture among their people.

  

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• Pale brows, still hands and dim hair, I had a beautiful friend And dreamed that the old despair Would end in love in the end.

  

  William Butler Yeats
  • Hope
  • Beautiful
  • Despair