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When a man knows that the abstraction ten exists — nothing on earth can stop him from looking for the fact of eleven.
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I think that the human race does command its own destiny and that that destiny can eventually embrace the stars.
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Children see things very well sometimes — and idealists even better.
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Lorraine Hansberry
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Born:
May 19, 1930
Died:
January 12, 1965
(aged 34)
Bio:
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was an American playwright and writer. Hansberry inspired Nina Simone's song "To Be Young, Gifted and Black".
Known for:
A Raisin in the Sun (1959)
Les Blancs
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (1965)
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