Langston Hughes Quotes

Good evening, daddy I know you’ve heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred

Langston Hughes

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• College is part of the American dream. It shouldn't be part of a financial nightmare for families.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • American
  • Dream
  • College

• Modesty is good. But not when it comes at the cost of honesty.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Good
  • Honesty
  • Cost

• By patting somebody on the back, a boy or a girl, a professional dancer, male, female, it really makes people feel good and I know it certainly made me feel good.

  

  Jack Wagner
  • People
  • Good
  • Girl

• I've been snowboarding my whole life. My wife's really good, and I just try to keep up with her.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Life
  • Up
  • Good

• My dream part would be to play Mitt Romney's sarcastic black maid. We could call it 'Mammy & Me.'

  

  Natasha Leggero
  • Dream
  • Black
  • Me

• I don't necessarily call myself a psychic, but since I was a little girl, I would dream about things, and then I would tell my dad, and it would happen the next day.

  

  Zoe McLellan
  • Dream
  • Girl
  • Dad

• I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you.

  

  Imelda Staunton
  • Good
  • Believe
  • Bad

• Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that? And it should be original; it should not be cliched. So the way I looked at history was not to accuse it of failure.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • World
  • Good
  • History

• I really like Ariana Grande, Jessie J, and Nicki Minaj's song, the 'Bang Bang' song. It's the new 'Lady Marmalade.' So good.

  

  Becky G
  • Good
  • Song
  • New

• During my first round of law school applications, I didn't even apply to Yale, Harvard, or Stanford - the mystical 'top three' schools. I didn't think I had a chance at those places. More important, I didn't think it mattered; all lawyers get good jobs, I assumed.

  

  J. D. Vance
  • Good
  • Important
  • School

• Wealth won't give you satisfaction; creating a good product that's well received by users is what matters most.

  

  Ma Huateng
  • Good
  • Wealth
  • Satisfaction

• You can't get dressed without good hair.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Good
  • Hair
  • Dressed

• Technology itself is neither good nor bad. People are good or bad.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • People
  • Good
  • Bad

• Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • Good
  • Writing
  • Feeling

• I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.

  

  J. Cole
  • Good
  • Stop
  • Myself

• Any quality player can adjust well to the different demands. It is like a good tennis player who is expected to adjust to the clay at the French Open, the grass at Wimbledon, the hard courts of the U.S. and the heat of the Australian Open. A professional is expected to do all that.

  

  Gautam Gambhir
  • Good
  • Different
  • Quality

• Saturdays are set for antique shops. Williamsburg in Brooklyn has some good ones. I get in there and start meddling around with dusty boxes and rickety, worn-in stuff. I like it when I find something with someone else's name on it.

  

  Valerie June
  • Good
  • Start
  • Name

• Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Good
  • America
  • Democracy

• People only look at you and say, 'You are black and you are from the banlieue,' and all the doors are closed. I had the desire to be something else. If I see a door that is a little open, I will find a way to get through.

  

  Omar Sy
  • People
  • Black
  • Desire

• We should not make the mistake of equating the E.U. with Europe. Outside the E.U., we wouldn't cease to be Europeans. But, an exit would definitely risk losing those opportunities for our children while growing no similar opportunities elsewhere.

  

  Andrew Lansley
  • Children
  • Growing
  • Risk

• When God has not taken away our trouble or temptation yet, with His grace in our lives, we are content.

  

  T. B. Joshua
  • God
  • Taken
  • Grace

• Contemporary art will help me to modernise our society.

  

  Victor Pinchuk
  • Art
  • Help
  • Society

• Have you ever watched someone become American? Last week, at a national citizenship conference I organize, thirty immigrants from 17 countries swore an oath and became citizens of the United States. It was a stirring experience for the hundreds of people in the room.

  

  Eric Liu
  • People
  • Experience
  • American

• Good evening, daddy I know you’ve heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred

  

  Langston Hughes
  • Good
  • Dream