Ruby Dee Quotes


Just staying together is not a real virtue, if you're not happy. Or you're being denied. Or one person is being squashed. Or you really don't love each other; you're just there out of habit. That doesn't work, no matter how many years you stay together.


Citations

Davis, Ossie, and Ruby Dee. With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together. William Morrow, 1998.

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Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee
  • Born: October 27, 1922
  • Died: June 11, 2014
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Actress, Poet, Playwright, Screenwriter, Journalist, Activist

Ruby Dee was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. She originated the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun (1961). Her other notable film roles include The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) and Do the Right Thing (1989).