When you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done taken into account what hills and valleys he come… - Lorraine Hansberry

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When you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done taken into account what hills and valleys he come through before he got to wherever he is.

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About Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry (19 May 1930 – 12 January 1965) was an American playwright.

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Alternative Names: Lorraine Vivian Hansberry
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DEKOVEN Mr. Morris, colonial subjects die mainly from a way of life. The incidentals — gangrene, tumors, stillborn babies — are only that: incidentals. Our work — (He interlocks his fingers) — reinforces the way of life. But when you come with a faith, an ideal of service, it is impossible to believe that. It was, at first, for me. But I saw my first delegations my first year here.

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