"My hole is warm and full of light." — Ralph Ellison
"My hole is warm and full of light."
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Ralph Ellison
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83 Quotes by Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison has 83 quotes on this site.
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Our task, then always, is to challenge the apparent forms of reality-that is, the fixed manner and values of the…
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It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.
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Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it." Stephen Covey "It takes a…
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Commercial rock 'n' roll music is a brutalization of the stream of contemporary Negro church music an obscene looting of…
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The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstance whether created by others…
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I suspect that all the agony that goes into writing is borne precisely because the writer longs for acceptance-but it…
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If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to bind, imprison…
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America is woven of many strands; I would recognize them and let it so remain. It's 'winner take nothing' that…
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And while the ice was melting to form a flood in which I threatened to drown I awoke one afternoon…
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I denounce because though implicated and partially responsible, I have been hurt to the point of abysmal pain, hurt to…
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We don't all dig Shakespeare uniformly, or even 'Little Red Riding Hood.' The understanding of art depends finally upon one's…
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I am one of the most irresponsible beings that ever lived. Irresponsibility is part of my invisibility; any way you…
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Bad men are full of repentance.
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If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness…
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Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur.
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Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe…
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I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with…
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