Ruby Dee

When you know my love, my love will warm you.

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When you know my love, my love will warm you.

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My stepmother wanted to be an actress.

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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.

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When I was young, I dreamt of being a starlet in Hollywood. But there comes a point in every African American's life when you realize the limitations, that you could only play maids or some little supporting role. Even Lena Horne couldn't get good parts.

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We don't realize how much racism has tainted our self-image as human beings.

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God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.

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Quotes by Ruby Dee