Ossie Davis Quotes

#1. College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back.

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#2. Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, it makes us move.

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#3. It was a lifetime occupation that kept us too busy to stop and ask if we were happy or not

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#4. Any form of art is a form of power.

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#5. Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.

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#6. If we can reach in wih the art and touch the imagination of the child, no matter who, we have affected that child.

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#7. I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

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#8. It is necessary to stay on the march, to be on the journey, to work for peace wherever we are at all times, because the liberty we cherish, which we would share with the world, demands eternal vigilance.

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#9. ... Harlem was home; was where we belonged; where we knew and were known in return; where we felt most alive; where, if need be, somebody had to take us in. Harlem defined us, claiming our consciousness and, I suspect, our unconsciousness. (Page 64)

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#10. One of the things I appreciate more was how important struggle was as the instrument that helped to keep us knit together.

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