James Baldwin Quotes
The betrayal of a belief is not the same thing as ceasing to believe. If this were not so there would be no moral standards in the world at all.James Baldwin
Quotes to Explore
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
Fanny Kemble -
Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
Harold MacMillan -
The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
Wallace Stevens -
And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
Utada Hikaru -
We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.
Madeleine M. Kunin -
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
Abraham Lincoln
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I think when you have an optimistic attitude, and you believe that God is guiding you, that you will find the good things in your life and that you will lead to good relationships and good people in your life. And you can make the most of what he's given you.
Victoria Osteen -
If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
Karl Kraus -
I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
Ted Danson -
Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.
Yitzhak Navon -
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Mahatma Gandhi -
The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
Edith Sitwell
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Design is about creating spaces for people to enjoy and of course, creating moments where you elevate the spirit, but 'design for good' is figuring out a program that not only creates better spaces, but creates jobs, creates new industry and really kind of raises the conversation about how we rebuild.
Cameron Sinclair -
I need my fill of Indian home cooking.
Waris Ahluwalia -
If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others; for the knowledge of truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
Maimonides -
I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
Idris Elba -
When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
Gary Cole
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A lot of the early Washed Out material was done on a couple of synthesizers that did most of the work, but that's the great thing about synths - you can recreate sounds or make an entire record with just one piece of gear.
Washed Out -
Eventually we're going to go to Mars, and I firmly believe the first person that sets foot on Mars will get there on a Boeing rocket.
Dennis Muilenburg -
Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility.
Oscar Wilde -
But make no mistake, the President will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as they've expressed it tonight: standing on principle, checking Washington's power and leading the drive for a smaller, less costly, and more accountable government.
John Boehner -
I would love to live in 'The Lord of the Rings.' J. R. R. Tolkien's world is so vivid and rich and sensual. I love the country setting and the routine of the hobbits. Of course, I would like to be a hobbit who goes on small adventures - not huge, horrifying ones like Frodo's quest.
Mary Pope Osborne -
The betrayal of a belief is not the same thing as ceasing to believe. If this were not so there would be no moral standards in the world at all.
James Baldwin