"The world is a possibility if only you'll…" — Ralph Ellison
"The world is a possibility if only you'll discover it."
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83 Quotes by Ralph Ellison
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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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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
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What a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and…
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To my utter despair I have discovered, and discover every day anew, that there is in the masses no revolutionary…
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Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is…
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When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves.
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Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself…
— Saint Basil
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Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America.…
— L. Frank Baum
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret…
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Use anything you can think of to understand and be understood, and you'll discover the creativity that connects you with…
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A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and…
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It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because…
— Robert Benchley
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We must believe then, that as from hence we see Saturn and Jupiter; if we were in either of the…
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