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" I think you mustn't tell your body, you mustn't tell your soul, 'I'm going to retire.' You may be changing your life emphasis, but there's still things that you have in mind to do that now seems the right time to do. "

Ruby Dee

Body

Life

Mind

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Ruby Dee

Think

Human

" My stepmother wanted to be an actress. "

" 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. "

" I shined shoes; I did windows. "

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

Ruby Dee

Been

Ever

" Racism is a very insidious thing. It's dangerous to the psyche, to mind and body. It erodes the self-confidence. And I don't know how we get through it. "

" The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity. "

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

" I respect the fact that a director has studied the text and the road map of work before us, the subtleties, interconnections, underpinnings... His job is to paint the entire picture and knows all the colors that have to be in it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Is it safe and sane to only have one political and economic system by which everyone in the world can live? Or can we explore and share? God never made one of anything. "

" Black filmmakers - I'm grateful for them. "

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

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

Ruby Dee

Unique

" 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. "

" Marriage is really an exciting adventure. "

" I pray with my whole soul that the divide-and-conquerers among us will not triumph over us. We need each other in this world so desperately. "

" I'd come from a background in New York of picketing and protesting. "

" 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 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