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Quote by Langston Hughes

“Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see That without the dust the rainbow Would not be.”

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American poet, writer, playwright, editor, and actor. Langston Hughes is one of the most prominent figures of the Harlem Renaissance, known for his poetry and prose. His works often explore themes of race, class, and identity, and have been beloved by readers. more

“The nation blest above all nations is she in whom the civic genius of the people does the saving day by day, by acts without external picturesqueness; by speaking, writing, voting reasonably; by smiting corruption swiftly; by good temper between parties; by the people knowing true men when they see them, and preferring them as leaders to rabid partisans and empty quacks.”

People Men Writing War Nations Party Leader Knowing Empty Corruption Saved Voting Temper Partisans Great Nations True Man Quacks

Author:William James

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”

Source: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2)

“A nation without borders is like a house without walls - it collapses. And that is what is going to happen to our wonderful America.”

Happens America House Nations Wonderful Wall Borders Collapse

Author:Jan Brewer

“Literary fiction and poetry are real marginalized right now. There's a fallacy that some of my friends sometimes fall into, the ol' "The audience is stupid. The audience only wants to go this deep. Poor us, we're marginalized because of TV, the great hypnotic blah, blah." You can sit around and have these pity parties for yourself. Of course this is bullshit. If an art form is marginalized it's because it's not speaking to people. One possible reason is that the people it's speaking to have become too stupid to appreciate it. That seems a little easy to me.”

Quote by Langston Hughes

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