When a man keeps beating me to the draw mentally, he begins to get glamorous.

Quote by Zora Neale Hurston

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If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then...

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then...

It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.

It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not...

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not...

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

It costs you something to do good!

It costs you something to do good!

It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.

It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.

The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.

The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.

It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear...

It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear...

Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.

Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.

It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the...

It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the...

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have...

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have...

I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.

I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.

But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think,...

But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think,...

Anybody depending on somebody else's gods is depending on a fox not to eat chickens.

Anybody depending on somebody else's gods is depending on a fox not to eat chickens.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes...

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes...

Believe in me, cause I don't believe in anything, and I wanna be someone to...

Believe in me, cause I don't believe in anything, and I wanna be someone to...

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have...

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have...

If you believe in an unseen Christ, you will believe in the unseen Christlike potential...

If you believe in an unseen Christ, you will believe in the unseen Christlike potential...

That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and...

That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and...