I don’t think the arts would have been as meaningful to me if I hadn’t grown up in Harlem. Ruby Dee Read Quote
I’m proud of doing ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night,’ for which I won an ACE award. Ruby Dee Read Quote
I learned that having great sensitivity is important. But being strong is just as important. Ruby Dee Read Quote
Gangsters lived in the neighborhood. They weren’t apart from it. Their relationships with people were both benevolent and scary. Ruby Dee Read Quote
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. Ruby Dee Read Quote
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. Ruby Dee Read Quote
Oh, I’m impressed with Lorraine Hansberry. She was a genius at whose feet I could sit. Ruby Dee Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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! Ruby Dee Read Quote
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. Ruby Dee Read Quote
