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I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all.
Zora Neale Hurston
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Zora Neale Hurston
Age: 69 †
Born: 1891
Born: January 7
Died: 1960
Died: January 28
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It was a weak spot in any nation to have a large body of disaffected people within its confusion.
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To a haughty belly, kindness is hard to swallow and harder to digest.
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You heard me. You ain't blind.
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If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding.
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Lack of power and opportunity passes off too often for virtue.
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I wish I could buy you for what you are really worth and sell you for what you think you're worth. I sure would make money on the deal.
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I belong to no race nor time. I am the eternal feminine with its string of beads.
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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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I made up my mind to keep my feelings to myself since they did not seem to matter to anyone else but me.
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Taint no law on earth dat kin make a man be decent if it aint in 'im.
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Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships.
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