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Quote by Ralph Ellison
I am an invisible man.... I am a man of substance, of flesh and bo

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

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By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is, after all, a form of communication. – Ralph Ellison

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communication
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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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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate. – Toni Morrison

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The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. – Maya Angelou

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There is no Negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution. – Frederick Douglass

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Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral. – Martin Luther King,Jr.

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Insincerity is always weakness sincerity even in error is strength. – George Henry Lewes

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When I was in Philadelphia during the Depression in 1930 or 31, I got a very sad job as a night watchman in a garage. The cars in the garage had been abandoned by their owners, since they had lost their jobs and couldnt keep up the payments. – Tom Glazer

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Begin – to begin is half the work, let half still remain again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. – Marcus Aurelius

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