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James Weldon Johnson

"My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her."

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"Father, I know you will hear me, I will speak."

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"Children are angels."

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"We come into the world through a man and a woman. But life blessings us with many fathers and mothers."

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"A new baby is a bundle of hope, a smiling imagination, and a dancing dreams."

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"The real beauty of a house is always the happiness inside that house!"

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"A philanderer cannot be a parent - a parent cannot be a philanderer."

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"We grow up opposing our parents only to become like them enough to oppose our children who behave as we once did-a reminder of how dreadful we were toward those now vindicated grandparents. And you thought God had no sense of humor."

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"A healthy world is made of healthy nations. A healthy nation is made of healthy families. And a healthy family can only be raised on the foundation of a monogamous relationship."

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"Grandchildren are their grandparents' toys."

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"Children are holy angels."

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James Weldon Johnson
"In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of them. I formed the acquaintance of a good many musicians, several of whom spoke of my playing in high terms."

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James Weldon Johnson
"Through my music teaching and my not absolutely irregular attendance at church, I became acquainted with the best class of colored people in Jacksonville."

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James Weldon Johnson
"My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime, which was then at the height of its vogue, made me a welcome guest."

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James Weldon Johnson
"My luck at the gambling table was varied; sometimes I was fifty to a hundred dollars ahead, and at other times I had to borrow money from my fellow workmen to settle my room rent and pay for my meals."

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James Weldon Johnson
"Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind that I should find similar conditions in a Dutch town."

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James Weldon Johnson
"Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious fervor sing these old songs has missed one of the most thrilling emotions which the human heart may experience."

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James Weldon Johnson
"Southern white people despise the Negro as a race, and will do nothing to aid in his elevation as such; but for certain individuals they have a strong affection, and are helpful to them in many ways."

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James Weldon Johnson
"Shortly after this I was made a member of the boys' choir, it being found that I possessed a clear, strong soprano voice. I enjoyed the singing very much."

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James Weldon Johnson
"Washington shows the Negro not only at his best, but also at his worst."

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James Weldon Johnson
"Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune."

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