- Nov 07, 2020
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- Poverty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do remember the numbers runners, I do remember the poverty and bread lines. Harlem stays with you forever.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're not supposed to go into business with the sole purpose of putting your neighbor out of business. This is not the United States of Corporate America.
- I Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember street corners and pickets and parades. That's what I got teethed on.
- Being Strong
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned that having great sensitivity is important. But being strong is just as important.
- Good People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't realize it until I was grown how necessary it is for good people to be tough.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
A nation's youths shouldn't be sent off to die.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
One reason I didn't trust my writing for so long was that I always considered myself a serious dramatic actor. But people would always laugh when I shared my writing with them. It took my husband to help me see that I really am part humorist.
- Soul
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- Nov 07, 2020
I pray with my whole soul that the divide-and-conquerers among us will not triumph over us. We need each other in this world so desperately.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was young, I dreamt of being a starlet in Hollywood. But there comes a point in every African American's life when you realize the limitations, that you could only play maids or some little supporting role. Even Lena Horne couldn't get good parts.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
Racism is a very insidious thing. It's dangerous to the psyche, to mind and body. It erodes the self-confidence. And I don't know how we get through it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think the arts would have been as meaningful to me if I hadn't grown up in Harlem.
- Nov 07, 2020
African-Americans have a lot to teach the world.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black History Month is fine, but we need more months of the year to celebrate all the people on this earth. After all, we're all creatures of the same God.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
God has use for all the old people.
- Finely
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- Nov 07, 2020
The nature of racism is that it grinds down the soul of the man more finely than it does the soul of the woman. When you want to conquer a people or subject it, you destroy the male component.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are all a tiger with feelings. An elephant who never forgets. We are tiger, panther, monkey - we are all of these things, all of the life rhythms.
- Economics
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- Nov 07, 2020