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Langston Hughes Quotes

Whiskey just naturally likes me but beer likes me better Picture Quote #1

Keep your hand on the plow. Hold on Picture Quote #1

For poems are like rainbows; they escape you quickly Picture Quote #1

Hang yourself, poet, in your own words. Otherwise, you are dead Picture Quote #1

Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair Picture Quote #1

Let the rain sing you a lullaby Picture Quote #1

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The rhythm of life is a jazz rhythm Picture Quote #1

Money and art are far apart Picture Quote #1

I stay cool, and dig all jive, That’s the way I stay alive. My motto, as I live and learn, is Dig and be dug In return Picture Quote #1

Sometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy, Sometimes a bone Is flung. To some people Love is given, To others Only heaven Picture Quote #1

The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow Picture Quote #1

Rest at pale evening... A tall slim tree... Night coming tenderly Black like me Picture Quote #1

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Peace We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark They could not see Who had gained The victory Picture Quote #1

In the spring rain, the pond and the river become one. Into every life some rain must fall. Usually when your car windows are down. It raineth on the Just and the Unjust Alike, But the Unjust stealeth the Just’s umbrella Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby Picture Quote #1

I will not take ‘but’ for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy’s ‘but’ too long Picture Quote #1

A world I dream where black or white, whatever race you be, will share the bounties of the earth and every man is free Picture Quote #1

I do not want no pretty woman. First thing you know, you fall in love with her-then you got to kill somebody about her. She’ll make you so jealous, you’ll bust! Picture Quote #1

Books -where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables, as we did in Kansas Picture Quote #1

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Good evening, daddy! Ain’t you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Trilling the treble And twining the bass Into midnight ruffles Of cat-gut lace Picture Quote #1

Teach us all to do right, Lord, please, and to get along together with that atom bomb on this earth because I do not want it to fall on me-nor Thee-nor anybody living. Amen! Picture Quote #1

For my best poems were all written when I felt the worst. When I was happy, I didn’t write anything Picture Quote #1

Life is a big sea full of many fish. I let down my nets and pulled. I’m still pulling Picture Quote #1

So since I’m still here livin’,I guess I will live on.I could’ve died for love--But for livin’ I was born Picture Quote #1

Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly Picture Quote #1

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While over Alabama earth These words are gently spoken: Serve and hate will die unborn. Love and chains are broken Picture Quote #1

How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water To be so still that way. ~ Sea Calm Picture Quote #1

Though you may hear me holler,And you may see me cry--I’ll be dogged, sweet baby,If you gonna see me die Picture Quote #1

We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased we are glad. If they aren?t it doesn?t matter Picture Quote #1

Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow Picture Quote #1

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode? Picture Quote #1

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Whiskey just naturally likes me but beer likes me better (Langston Hughes Quotes) Keep your hand on the plow. Hold on (Langston Hughes Quotes) For poems are like rainbows; they escape you quickly (Langston Hughes Quotes) Hang yourself, poet, in your own words. Otherwise, you are dead (Langston Hughes Quotes) Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair (Langston Hughes Quotes) Let the rain sing you a lullaby (Langston Hughes Quotes) The rhythm of life is a jazz rhythm (Langston Hughes Quotes) Money and art are far apart (Langston Hughes Quotes) I stay cool, and dig all jive, That’s the way I stay alive. My motto, as I live and learn, is Dig and be dug In return (Langston Hughes Quotes) Sometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy, Sometimes a bone Is flung. To some people Love is given, To others Only heaven (Langston Hughes Quotes) The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow (Langston Hughes Quotes) Rest at pale evening... A tall slim tree... Night coming tenderly Black like me (Langston Hughes Quotes) Peace We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark They could not see Who had gained The victory (Langston Hughes Quotes) In the spring rain, the pond and the river become one. Into every life some rain must fall. Usually when your car windows are down. It raineth on the Just and the Unjust Alike, But the Unjust stealeth the Just’s umbrella Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby (Langston Hughes Quotes) I will not take ‘but’ for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy’s ‘but’ too long (Langston Hughes Quotes) A world I dream where black or white, whatever race you be, will share the bounties of the earth and every man is free (Langston Hughes Quotes) I do not want no pretty woman. First thing you know, you fall in love with her-then you got to kill somebody about her. She’ll make you so jealous, you’ll bust! (Langston Hughes Quotes) Books -where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables, as we did in Kansas (Langston Hughes Quotes) Good evening, daddy! Ain’t you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Trilling the treble And twining the bass Into midnight ruffles Of cat-gut lace (Langston Hughes Quotes) Teach us all to do right, Lord, please, and to get along together with that atom bomb on this earth because I do not want it to fall on me-nor Thee-nor anybody living. Amen! (Langston Hughes Quotes) For my best poems were all written when I felt the worst. When I was happy, I didn’t write anything. (Langston Hughes Quotes) Life is a big sea full of many fish. I let down my nets and pulled. I’m still pulling. (Langston Hughes Quotes) So since I’m still here livin’,I guess I will live on.I could’ve died for love--But for livin’ I was born. (Langston Hughes Quotes) Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly (Langston Hughes Quotes) While over Alabama earth These words are gently spoken: Serve and hate will die unborn. Love and chains are broken. (Langston Hughes Quotes) How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water To be so still that way. ~ Sea Calm (Langston Hughes Quotes) Though you may hear me holler,And you may see me cry--I’ll be dogged, sweet baby,If you gonna see me die. (Langston Hughes Quotes) We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased we are glad. If they aren?t it doesn?t matter. (Langston Hughes Quotes) Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow (Langston Hughes Quotes) What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode? (Langston Hughes Quotes)

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