"Idealism is like a castle in the air……" — Claude McKay
"Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism."
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Claude McKay
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10 Quotes by Claude McKay
Claude McKay has 10 quotes on this site.
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Human dignity is more precious than prestige....
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I know the dark delight of being strange, The penalty of difference in the crowd, The loneliness of wisdom among…
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We are like trees. We wear all colors naturally.
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It's when you are down that you learn about your faults.
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Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.
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If we must die, O let us nobly die.
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If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, If we must…
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Upon the clothes behind the tenement, That hang like ghosts suspended from the lines, Linking each flat, but to each…
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If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything.
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It's much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that, then…
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Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of…
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Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
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Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful.
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I love roller coasters that make my stomach drop. One ride in Las Vegas, the Big Shot, straps you into…
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Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity.
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The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
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A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and…
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When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is…
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