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She was saving up feelings for some man she had never seen.
Zora Neale Hurston
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Zora Neale Hurston
Age: 69 †
Born: 1891
Born: January 7
Died: 1960
Died: January 28
Anthropologist
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Zora N. Hurston
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But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think, and think about something other than the race problem.
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That is the way with people ... If they do you wrong, they invent a bad name for you, a good name for their acts and then destroy you in the name of virtue.
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No man may make another free.
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But any man who walks in the way of power and property is bound to meet hate.
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God took pattern after a pine tree and built you noble.
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They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
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Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships.
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I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
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So in Jamaica it is the aim of everybody to talk English, act English and look English. And that last specification is where the greatest difficulties arise. It is not so difficult to put a coat of European culture over African culture, but it is next to impossible to lay a European face over an African face in the same generation.
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You have no idea, sir, how difficult it is to be the victim of benevolence.
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Two things everybody's got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin' fuh theyselves.
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It is easy to be hopeful in the day when you can see the things you wish on.
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No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep.
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The whole matter revolves around the self-respect of my people. How much satisfaction can I get from a court order for somebody toassociate with me who does not wish me near them?
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