Harlem Quotes

96 quotes by 79 authors

The other day I went to a school in Harlem to talk to some 7th graders [12-year-olds] and I said, â€˜If I have to give… — Diane von Furstenberg
We both grew up in the atmosphere of struggle, both Ossie and me, ... I come out of Harlem and Harlem comes out of me… — Ruby Dee
If I go up to Harlem or down to Sixth Street, and I'm not dressed up or I'm not wearing my jewelry, then the people… — Brooke Astor
Hurry, get on board, it's comin', listen to those rails a-thrumming all aboard. Get on the "A" train, soon you will be on Sugar Hill… — Duke Ellington
We had the skirts with the slits up the side, sort of tough, sort of Spanish Harlem cool, but sweet too. — Ronnie Spector
I never think about themes. I let the music create itself. I like it to be a potpourri of all kinds of sounds, all kinds… — Michael Jackson
I got Sonny up to Harlem, and we started street playin' in New York. We did that for three or four years and survived. We… — Brownie McGhee
From 143rd Street in Harlem to the center court at Wimbledon is about as far as one can travel. — Althea Gibson
We were taking the black young men who had been crippled by our society and sending them eight thousand miles away to guarantee liberties in… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
They [the police] learned something from them Harlem riots. They used to beat your head right in public, but now they only beat it after… — Langston Hughes
As long as what is is-and Georgia is Georgia-I will take Harlem for mine. At least, if trouble comes, I will have my own window… — Langston Hughes
Melting pot Harlem-Harlem of honey and chocolate and caramel and rum and vinegar and lemon and lime and gall. Dusky dream Harlem rumbling into a… — Langston Hughes
Eric Walrond, handsome, cosmopolitan, and beguilingly enigmatic, may have been the most promising literary talent of the Harlem Renaissance.... James Davis's finely written, beautifully paced… — David Levering Lewis
In the invincible and indescribable squalor of Harlem ... I was tormented. I felt caged, like an animal. I wanted to escape. I felt if… — James A. Baldwin
Before I started LimoLand, I mainly bought my clothes in Harlem, where I found clothing my size in fun colors. I still like to go… — Jean Pigozzi
Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world. — Constance Baker Motley
Any kid that feels like they don't have any kind of future, whether they're on a street corner in Harlem or in a little town… — James Brolin
Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot. — Debbie Allen
Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it… — Hari Kunzru
Harlem is a stage. It's like its own planet, from the way we dress to the swag in the way we walk and talk. — Teyana

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