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Ruby Dee Quotes
«The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within -- strength, courage, dignity.»
Author: Ruby Dee
«OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head.»
Author: Ruby Dee
«God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.»
Author: Ruby Dee
«The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.»
Author: Ruby Dee
«we will give her the kudos that she so richly deserves.»
Author: Ruby Dee
«She knew how we struggled with ourselves,»
Author: Ruby Dee
«There is so much to do, ... Ossie left a lot of work that we are still trying to finish.»
Author: Ruby Dee
«We both grew up in the atmosphere of struggle, both Ossie and me, ... I come out of Harlem and Harlem comes out of me - wailing police sirens and street parties, rumors and landlords, that cultural, spiritual scene. And Ossie came up from the South, where struggle and dying were part of everyday life. That is who we are.»
Author: Ruby Dee
«It was a nerve-racking moment, ... He stayed up half the night writing it. Then we stayed up because that was all we could do.»
Author: Ruby Dee
«There was so much meanness in the atmosphere, ... but marvelous things pierce through the darkness of poverty and racism. You meet all kinds of people that help put life in perspective and turn the horror into some kind of lesson or avenue of awakening that lives with you all your days.»
Author: Ruby Dee