"The colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them."

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Source : James Weldon Johnson (2012). “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man”, p.10, Courier Corporation

James Weldon Johnson

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“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.”
“It's always easier to say good-bye when you know it's just a prelude to hello.”
“I always say separate your abilities from your disabilities. You know, if I could play the violin, I don't have to play it standing up. I can play it sitting down and so on.”

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“I don't think of myself as pretty. I am what I am.”
“I have always thought that if you can give viewers the sense of being there a story can be very compelling.”
“From it (the Rosary) the young will draw fresh energy with which to control the rebellious tendencies to evil and to preserve intact the stainless purity of the soul. Also in it, the old will again find repose, relief, and peace from their anxious cares. And to all those who suffer in any way, especially the dying, may it bring comfort and increase the hope of eternal happiness.”
“The last time I saw Marilyn was in late 1959, when I appeared in Let's Make Love at Fox. The wide-eyed Marilyn I had first known was gone. This Marilyn was more beautiful than ever.”
“Biology will tell you a lot of things, but there are many that it can not explain and you need to look at physics instead.”

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