Paul Robeson: Quotes about time

Paul Robeson was American singer and actor. Explore interesting quotes on time.

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“In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington.”

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“I am truly happy that I am able to travel from time to time to the USSR — the country I love above all. I always have been, I am now and will always be a loyal friend of the Soviet Union.”

"’I Love Above All, Russia,’ Robeson Says," Afro-American, (25 June 1949), p. 7

“For the first time since I began acting, I feel that I've found my place in the world, that there's something out of my own culture which i can express and perhaps help others preserve.. i have found out now that the African natives had a definite culture a long way beyond the culture of the Stone age…an integrated thing, which is still unspoiled by western influences…I think the Americans will be amazed to find how many of the modern dance steps are relics of African heritage.”

As quoted in Paul Robeson : The Whole World in His Hands (1981) by Susan Robeson, p. 72