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I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
Langston Hughes
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Langston Hughes
Age: 66 †
Born: 1901
Born: February 1
Died: 1967
Died: May 22
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Your explanation depresses me, I said. Your nonsense depresses me, said Simple.
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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.
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Wear it Like a banner For the proud? Not like a shroud.
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Never look for a worm in the apple of your eye.
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Hard as I try, daddy-o, I really do not like concert singers. They are always singing in some foreign language.
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