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> [And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/and-so-for-a-couple-of-years-my-life-was-divided-between-my-music-and/)

[James Weldon Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-weldon-johnson/)

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## More by James Weldon Johnson

> [There are a great many colored people who are ashamed of the cake-walk, but I think they ought to be proud of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/there-are-a-great-many-colored-people-who-are-ashamed-of-the-cake/)

[James Weldon Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-weldon-johnson/)

> [Nothing great or enduring, especially in music, has ever sprung full-fledged and unprecedented from the brain of any master; the best he gives to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/nothing-great-or-enduring-especially-in-music-has-ever-sprung-full/)

[James Weldon Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-weldon-johnson/)

> [Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty. Let our rejoicing rise high as the listening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/lift-every-voice-and-sing-till-earth-and-heaven-ring-ring-with-the/)

[James Weldon Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-weldon-johnson/)

> [A people may become great through many means, but there is only one measure by which its greatness is recognized and acknowledged. The final…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/a-people-may-become-great-through-many-means-but-there-is-only-one/)

[James Weldon Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-weldon-johnson/)

> [Americans are immensely popular in Paris; and this is not due solely to the fact that they spend lots of money there, for they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/americans-are-immensely-popular-in-paris-and-this-is-not-due-solely/)

[James Weldon Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-weldon-johnson/)

> [This Great God, Like a mammy bending over her baby, Kneeled down in the dust Toiling over a lump of clay Till He shaped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/this-great-god-like-a-mammy-bending-over-her-baby-kneeled-down-in-the/)

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> [Young man, young man, your arm's too short to box with God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/young-man-young-man-your-arm-s-too-short-to-box-with-god/)

[James Weldon Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-weldon-johnson/)

> [Shortly after this I was made a member of the boys choir, it being found that I possessed a clear, strong soprano voice. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/shortly-after-this-i-was-made-a-member-of-the-boys-choir-it-being/)

[James Weldon Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-weldon-johnson/)

> [This country can have no more democracy than it accords and guarantees to the humblest and weakest citizen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/this-country-can-have-no-more-democracy-than-it-accords-and/)

[James Weldon Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-weldon-johnson/)

> [So God stepped over to the edge of the world And He spat out the seven seas; He batted His eyes, and the lightnings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/so-god-stepped-over-to-the-edge-of-the-world-and-he-spat-out-the/)

[James Weldon Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-weldon-johnson/)

> [My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/my-mother-was-kept-very-busy-with-her-sewing-sometimes-she-would-have/)

[James Weldon Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-weldon-johnson/)

> [We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/we-have-come-over-a-way-that-with-tears-has-been-watered-we-have-come/)

[James Weldon Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-weldon-johnson/)

> [O Black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/o-black-and-unknown-bards-of-long-ago-how-came-your-lips-to-touch-the/)

[James Weldon Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-weldon-johnson/)

> [Southern white people despise the Negro as a race, and will do nothing to aid in his elevation as such; but for certain individuals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/southern-white-people-despise-the-negro-as-a-race-and-will-do-nothing/)

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> [Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/amsterdam-was-a-great-surprise-to-me-i-had-always-thought-of-venice/)

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