Quote by Ralph Ellison
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I am an invisible man…. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids – and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. – Ralph Ellison

Other quotes by Ralph Ellison

The understanding of art depends finally upon ones willingness to extend ones humanity and ones knowledge of human life. – Ralph Ellison

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Knowledge
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There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale. – Ralph Ellison

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Fairy Tales
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Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values. – Ralph Ellison

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relationship
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Freedom is never given; it is won. – A. Philip Randolph

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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power. – Barbara Jordan

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In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress. – Booker T. Washington

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Black History

We are the wrong people of the wrong skin in the wrong continent and what in the hell is everybody being reasonable about? – June Jordan

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Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers – organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative – if we dont solve these security problems, then people will hold back. – Bill Gates

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