Langston Hughes Quotes
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
Quotes to Explore
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One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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I'm always trying to find 'connections' between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.
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I feel like I'm supposed to be a shooter.
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The more people pointed at me in scorn the more stubborn I got and when they began calling me the Bad Girl of West Seattle High, I tried to live up to it.
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Putting on my legs is like putting on my shoes. I understand that's how some people might think differently, but I hope that in London, their perceptions open up.
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I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.
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One of the first things I picked up when I was very, very young out of a record store was work from Peter Saville - the early things he used to do for Factory Records.
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Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
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We ought to open up energy innovation across the board and - and remove the barriers to every form of energy.
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I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so important for me to be able to be on stage with an audience that responds.
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Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that.
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I'm still in the Dixie Chicks; we haven't broken up... I love the Dixie Chicks; it's the most fun I've ever had in my life. It was like winning the lottery.
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One of the biggest mistakes people make when they cook for other people is to think that it has to be fancy and elaborate. This results in enormous expense and nine days of labor, plus you end up trying to assemble a croquembouche in front of your guests and everyone's experiencing flop sweat.
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I like to be left alone when I'm not working.
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Simply, there are many things I would like to do.
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The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual.
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I think I'd like to be one of those eccentric 80-year-old women.
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I like children - fried.
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I was creating characters early. People didn't beat me up. I scared them. I hated authority. I could also get people to do things; I was quite the early director. I could make people laugh enough to get their defences down - and then brainwash them.
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There is an old-fashioned word for the body of skills that emotional intelligence represents: character.
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I think that any time you're able to get a guy like Carmelo Anthony to be on your team, you're going to be a step up.
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My kids don't listen to me when I preach at them. But if I tell them a story they can pull something from, that matters.
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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
