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Claude Brown Quotes

For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?

For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?

Claude Brown
Running, Land, Doe
Manchild in the Promised Land foreword (1965)

Despite everything that Harlem did to our generation, I think it gave something to a few. It gave them a strength that couldn't be obtained anywhere else.

Claude Brown
Thinking, Our Generation, Generations
Claude Brown, Nathan McCall (2012). “Manchild in the Promised Land”, p.394, Simon and Schuster

The language of soul. . . possesses a pronounced lyrical quality which is frequently incompatible to any music other than that ceaseless and relentlessly driving rhythm that flows from poignantly spent ideas.

Claude Brown
Ideas, Soul, Quality

I didn't know anything until December 2004 when I went to purchase a vehicle and was told there was a foreclosure on my credit and I wouldn't be able to get the car. I've still got a red flag on my credit.

Claude Brown
Red Flags, Car, Credit

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