Langston Hughes Quotes

Jazz, to me, is one of the inherent expressions of Negro life in America: the eternal tom-tom beating in the Negro soul - the tom-tom of revolt against weariness in a white world, a world of subway trains, and work, work, work; the tom-tom of joy and laughter, and pain swallowed in a smile.

Langston Hughes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967

Topics

LifeWorkSmileSoulPainJoy

I'm a very social person, and I like being in different kinds of environments.

Jennifer Hyman

PersonSocialBeingKindsDifferent

In some parts of the world there is very little tidal movement.

John Dyer

WorldMovementLittleSomeVery

I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately.

Matt Gonzalez

ThinkSomeoneAuthorityJudgesOut

As our products have improved, and you add value at the high end, customers move to the high end.

Amy Hood

ValueEndYouHighProductsMove

The fundamental character of our faith means an extensive diversity is required not only within local community, but between communities.

Stanley Hauerwas

CharacterFaithCommunityDiversity

Peace, unity, love, and nonviolence should be our rallying cry and the catalyst for change in our nation.

Tony Evans

LoveChangePeaceUnityCryNation

When I left art college, I was a still photographer for a year.

Roger Deakins

ArtCollegeYearPhotographerLeft

There are pitfalls in World Cups, there are players who can win penalties and players who get the slightest touch and go down holding their face or whatever and get someone sent off. There are all these little things and you're hoping that you're not on the wrong end of it.

Michael Owen

Little ThingsWinWorldFaceEndGo

For so long, I looked at myself as literally a kid who was talented who would go up and down the pool. That's it. Nothing else. Very few people knew who I really was.

Michael Phelps

MyselfPeopleLongPoolDownGo

I only want to write a song with the people who want to write a song with me.

LP

PeopleMeSongWantWriteOnly

The split second she ceases to care is the only time a woman ceases to be attractive.

Loretta Young

TimeWomanCareSheAttractiveOnly

My first job was at Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati, my second job was at a pharmaceutical company in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. My third job was at Palmolive. And I realized, three jobs in three years, maybe it wasn't the job. It had to be me.

Dee Rees

JobMeNewHeightsThreeFirst

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