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Lorraine Hansberry

"Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? When they done good and made things easy for everybody? Well then, you ain't through learning-because that ain't the time at all...when you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done taken into account what hills and valleys he come through before he got to wherever he is."

Source : "A Raisin in the Sun". Play by Lorraine Hansberry, 1959.

Lorraine Hansberry

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“Are we not wasps who spend all day in a fruitless attempt to traverse a window-pane - while the other half of the window is wide open?”
“If you've never watched people watch television, I don't recommend it. It's not an exciting thing to do.”

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“I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun.”
“There is a privilege in American society to being male and being white, and I think it's hard for white males to understand that privilege, because we've never experienced the opposite. When I sought out mentors to try to move forward, there were white males in virtually every position from which I was seeking mentorship. There was a natural simpatico or natural comfort. And so if you believe that's true, and I believe it's true, then we have to change that. We have to try to equalize opportunity and privilege.”

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“High school popularity is so fickle.”

Source : Kathy Reichs (2013). “Code: A Virals Novel”, p.36, Penguin
“It's a lot of talent sitting in suits.”
“Knowledge is not to be taken from four types of people: a foolish person who openly acts foolish, even if he reports the most narrations; an adherent of bid'ah who calls to his desires; a person who lies, even if I don't accuse him of lying in hadith; and a righteous pious worshiper who does not accurately retain what he narrates.”
“I wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it.”

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