It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.
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The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.Ralph Ellison
I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
Ralph Ellison
Education is all a matter of building bridges.
Ralph Ellison
By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is, after all, a form of communication.
Ralph Ellison
There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.
Ralph Ellison
Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear.
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