American - Actress | October 27, 1922 - June 11, 2014
I think all human beings have a godlike, divine power, only most of us don't tap into it.
Ruby Dee
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Life can't die. It's a contradiction.
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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.
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God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.
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OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head.
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I have this deep love for authors. I think that we don't do enough to encourage love of words and love of books.
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The Divine Impulse - it's always safe to follow it. We've got to trust it and go wherever it takes us. Especially women.
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We women have a great function to perform. The world needs us.
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Black women have to know the historical and everyday struggles of black men, and our men have to know the struggles of black women in America.
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Oh, I'm impressed with Lorraine Hansberry. She was a genius at whose feet I could sit.
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I'm proud of doing 'Long Day's Journey into Night,' for which I won an ACE award.
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I never thought about myself as an activist when we were coming along. I love the people I love. I didn't care whether they could be a Democrat, Republican, communist... anything but a racist.
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