Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee
Ruby Deewas an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and civil rights activist. She is perhaps best known for originating the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun. Her other notable film roles include The Jackie Robinson Story, and Do the Right Thing...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth27 October 1922
CityCleveland, OH
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There was so much meanness in the atmosphere, ... but marvelous things pierce through the darkness of poverty and racism. You meet all kinds of people that help put life in perspective and turn the horror into some kind of lesson or avenue of awakening that lives with you all your days.
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I used to want to shout 'Help me!'
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If it is possible to learn to love somebody more than when you first married them, I am lucky enough to say that we did,
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It was a nerve-racking moment, ... He stayed up half the night writing it. Then we stayed up because that was all we could do.
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The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within -- strength, courage, dignity.
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Ossie was working as stage manager and he began making notes. Something about the sense of humor instilled in Eastern European Jewish culture appealed to him. The message was profound but the delivery was hilarious. Through that he saw that humor could turn racism on its ear, too.
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There is so much to do, ... Ossie left a lot of work that we are still trying to finish.
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We've got the possibility of setting things right,
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The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.
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Classism and greed are making insignificant all the other kinds of isms.
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Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other.
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You have to learn how to be married. You have to learn to love somebody.
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OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head.
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We've got to start saying 'No further. This must stop,'