Langston Hughes Quotes
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The art of life is to show your hand.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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When it comes to rapacious 19th century capitalism, my family's hands are clean.
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In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.
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I had a lovely childhood. For family holidays, we went as far as the car could take us - we would drive to Florida, even though it would take three days. I didn't know we didn't have a lot of money because there was always food on the table. I didn't have a lot of stuff, but I did figure skating for a long time, and I always had my skates.
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.
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I understand that the tendency of foreign countries in recent years has been to establish particularly close relations with one or two others among all the countries which have general relations. In time of peace, they make secret treaties in advance, and in wartime, they aid one another with military provisions and armaments.
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There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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To someone who is not currently on anti-depressants, I would suggest trying other treatments first - for example, psychotherapy.
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Remember Tupperware? That was the toughest stuff ever. Why can't they make a phone out of Tupperware?
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It's important to have a big-enough house in order to have space.
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If I am not above the law, nobody in this country can then claim to be above the law.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
I didn't get a phone call from Bill Clinton before I jumped in the race ... maybe it's because I hadn't given money to the foundation or donated to his wife's senate race.
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The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'
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I want to move people the way Edith Piaf did.
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Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have. People want to know what happens next, people hate the villains and love the lovers. It's good, fun TV. But I wouldn't call 'Downton' a soap opera as such.
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Lemurs are close to the ancestral stock from which all primates arose, and I am happy to think that one of my own ancestors, 50 million years ago, was a little tree-dwelling creature not so dissimilar to the lemurs of today. I love their leaping vitality, their inquisitive nature.
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I don't go to the gym. I've always been very athletic and kept very active. I used to run track. I literally have no desire to get a gym membership.
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No doubt I enjoy being close to people in the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I communicate with people.
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In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
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The things that converge in the writing of a play come from a complex of motives, a genesis shrouded in a certain kind of mystery.
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You talk like they don’t kick dreams around downtown.
