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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.

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Langston Hughes
Age: 66 †
Born: 1901
Born: February 1
Died: 1967
Died: May 22
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I asked you, baby, If you understood- You told me that you didn't, But you thought you would.
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LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words.
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One of the great difficulties about being a member of a minority race is that so many kindhearted, well-meaning bores gather around to help.
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Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.
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