Langston Hughes Quotes

Certainly there is, for the American Negro artist who can escape the restrictions the more advanced among his own group would put upon him, a great field of unused material ready for his art.

Langston Hughes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I've done a lot of movies that don't have any music in them, and I've always sort of had a kind of wary attitude about music because it can be so manipulative, and also because with pop music, I feel like everybody kind of has their own relationship to songs.

Joe Swanberg

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If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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No lie ever reaches old age.

Sophocles

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A lot of politicians say they want to get people out to vote; sometimes you can't totally believe they really want that.

Tom Golisano

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My love for the band is still there. It hasn't changed, maybe that's why it's so painful these days.

Roger Daltrey

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I have no clue when I'm getting married. I just go with the flow.

Rob Gronkowski

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Everyone thinks Australia and New Zealand MMA fighters don't have that wrestling base, whereas a lot of Americans and other countries have, with them being able to do wrestling at high-school levels.

Robert Whittaker

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I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight.

Chris Bell

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I was sick of being articulate and loud and charming. I didn't want to play that guy anymore. I wanted to play the absolute opposite of that.

Chris Pine

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We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isn't a body of knowledge and thought to fall back on in this regard.

Clifford Geertz

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There are people who are unhappy with everything.

Prince

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Maybe the best example of the unmuscled hero is Humphrey Bogart in 'Casablanca.' Bogart was 15 years older than Ingrid Bergman, and it did not matter at all. He had the experience, the confidence, the internal strength that can only come with age.

Richard Cohen

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