Leopold Sedar Senghor Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“The civilization of the twentieth century cannot be universal except by being a dynamic synthesis of all the cultural values of all civilizations. It will be monstrous unless it is seasoned with the salt of negri-tude, for it will be without the savor of humanity.”
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“Let us listen to the voices of our Forebears ... In the smoky cabin, souls that wish us well are murmuring.”
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“What if this were Hell, this absence of sleep, this poet's desert, this pain of living, this dying of not dying, this anguish of shadows, this passion over death and light.”
-- Leopold Sedar Senghor
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