Stills Quotes by Langston Hughes

8 Stills quotes by Langston Hughes

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Langston Hughes often sang of rhythm and resilience, and in these eight short lines he turns to stillness, giving a concise, resonant view of how quiet moments shape his poetic voice.

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So since I'm still here livin', I guess I will live on. I could've died for love-- But for livin' I was…

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Anyday, one can walk down the street in a big city and see a thousand people. Any photographer can photograph these people…

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Life is a big sea full of many fish. I let down my nets and pulled. I'm still pulling.

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I've been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between…

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Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards…

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There is no color line in death. I swear to the lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me.…

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How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water To be so still that way. ~…

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Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a…

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Good morning, daddy! Ain't you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? • • • • You think It's a happy beat?

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I was a victim of a stereotype. There were only two of us Negro kids in the whole class, and our English teacher was…

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I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.

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“As I Grew Older" It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of…

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Words Like Freedom There are words like Freedom Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heartstrings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words…

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Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying.

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“In America the magazines in which one can frequently publish stories or poems about Negroes are very few, and most of these do not…

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Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people - the beauty within themselves.

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Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Do you know that there are libraries in our country…

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We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.

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“Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that can not fly. Hold fast to dreams for when dreams…

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Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see That without the dust the rainbow Would not be.

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I loved my friend He went away from me There's nothing more to say The poem ends, Soft as it began- I loved my…

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The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror.

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