Lorraine Hansberry Quotes

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Never be afraid to sit a while and think.
Lorraine Hansberry

Afraid, While, Sit

A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness, as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men - and people in general.
Lorraine Hansberry

Men, Loneliness, Woman

There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing.
Lorraine Hansberry

Love, Nothing, Learned

The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.
Lorraine Hansberry

Lonely, Makes, Inevitably

Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams - but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile.
Lorraine Hansberry

Dreams, God, Children

Children see things very well sometimes - and idealists even better.
Lorraine Hansberry

Children, Sometimes, Idealists

Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?
Lorraine Hansberry

Peace, Men, Away

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Playwright

Born: May 19, 1930

Died: January 12, 1965

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