Langston Hughes Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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In many ways, anger is a misdirected plea for love.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I love ice cream, and I love chocolate.
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The European Union will continue to fully support multilateral global governance based on international law, human rights, and strong international institutions.
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Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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Most organisms have loads of junk DNA - less pejoratively, noncoding DNA - cluttering their cells.
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On a professional side, you've got a tough problem to fix, Geoff Miller's going to do it, and he's always going to do it to very high standards, and he's always going to be on the side of right. He's always talking about 'what right looks like' - just a phrase he would always use.
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Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
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Music is the message of peace, and music only brings peace.
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I keep on 5 to 10 pounds above my jeans weight, as the ultimate no-filler-needed refresher, and buy a size up on jeans.
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'Stand By You' is about sticking by the person you love not only when things are easy, but being there for them during trials and letting them know they aren't alone.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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There are, basically, three kinds of people: the unsuccessful, the temporarily successful, and those who become and remain successful. The difference is character.
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Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
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Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
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Only a madman would give good for evil.
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Dream within a dream, Our dream deferred. Good morning, daddy! Ain’t you heard?
