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" I never thought about myself as an activist when we were coming along. I love the people I love. I didn't care whether they could be a Democrat, Republican, communist... anything but a racist. "

Ruby Dee

Care

Love

Myself

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" The white actresses I have known have been allowed to do 10 times more than I shall ever do. "

Ruby Dee

Been

Ever

" The nature of racism is that it grinds down the soul of the man more finely than it does the soul of the woman. When you want to conquer a people or subject it, you destroy the male component. "

" I learned that having great sensitivity is important. But being strong is just as important. "

" I shined shoes; I did windows. "

" I didn't realize it until I was grown how necessary it is for good people to be tough. "

" You can't be all you are meant to be if you think you are better than others, and you can't be all you are meant to be if you think you are less than others, either. "

" I think the poets and musicians, they belong to everybody. "

" I don't think the arts would have been as meaningful to me if I hadn't grown up in Harlem. "

" I'm proud of doing 'Long Day's Journey into Night,' for which I won an ACE award. "

" My constant battle is putting aside time wasters, and I have to watch out for procrastination. Staying on the path of something you're trying to create has much to do with having confidence in yourself and in your capacity to realize the things you want out of life. "

" I have always been against the gangster as hero. "

" I do remember the numbers runners, I do remember the poverty and bread lines. Harlem stays with you forever. "

" I never remember, like, saying, 'Well, I'm going to belong - join the civil rights movement.' "

Ruby Dee

Remember

Rights

" You hear people say, 'We take our Tennessee Williams very seriously. There is no laughter here.' It's full of humor! Not to laugh is a big, bad mistake! "

" Just staying together is not a real virtue, if you're not happy. Or you're being denied. Or one person is being squashed. Or you really don't love each other; you're just there out of habit. That doesn't work, no matter how many years you stay together. "

" Marriage is really an exciting adventure. "

" One reason I didn't trust my writing for so long was that I always considered myself a serious dramatic actor. But people would always laugh when I shared my writing with them. It took my husband to help me see that I really am part humorist. "

" I think I have something unique that I'd like to share. "

Ruby Dee

Unique

" My whole life is not defined by what Hollywood does. "

" I didn't have the kind of talent or personality that kept me dreaming about Hollywood. They don't hire little colored girls to do this or that. After I got that in my head, I took another direction. "

" Black women have to know the historical and everyday struggles of black men, and our men have to know the struggles of black women in America. "

" You can only appreciate freedom when you find yourself in a position to fight for someone else's freedom and not worry about your own. "

" Oh, I'm impressed with Lorraine Hansberry. She was a genius at whose feet I could sit. "

" An Oscar nomination? That would be a very satisfying thing, I'm sure. I would appreciate the thought. It would be like taking your hat off as an actor to all the people who walk through you. "

" I don't know who I would be if I weren't this child from Harlem, this woman from Harlem. It's in me so deep. "

Ruby Dee

Know

Woman

" I think all human beings have a godlike, divine power, only most of us don't tap into it. "

Ruby Dee

Think

Human

" I have this deep love for authors. I think that we don't do enough to encourage love of words and love of books. "

" You're not supposed to go into business with the sole purpose of putting your neighbor out of business. This is not the United States of Corporate America. "

" The Divine Impulse - it's always safe to follow it. We've got to trust it and go wherever it takes us. Especially women. "

" The greatest gift is not being afraid to question. "