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Langston Hughes Quotes: What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? ... Or does it explode?
         

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? ... Or does it explode?


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Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.



I'm so tired of waiting, aren't you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?

I'm so tired of waiting, aren't you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?



The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it.

The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it.



A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the Earth And every man is free.

A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the Earth And every man is free.



When a man starts out to build a world, He starts first with himself

When a man starts out to build a world, He starts first with himself



Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed - Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed - Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.



I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.

I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.



I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.



Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.

Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.



Good morning, Revolution: You're the very best friend I ever had. We gonna pal around together from now on

Good morning, Revolution: You're the very best friend I ever had. We gonna pal around together from now on





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