James Baldwin Quotes

You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevsky. This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important. Art would not be important if life were not important, and life is important.

James Baldwin

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• The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • Movie
  • Think
  • Dad

• In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.

  

  Feisal Abdul Rauf
  • People
  • World
  • Peace

• I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.

  

  Adam Brody
  • Me
  • Movies
  • Hindsight

• In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.

  

  Saint Basil
  • Mind
  • Truth
  • Eye

• Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.

  

  Ma Jian
  • Mind
  • Control
  • Thoughts

• Wild fish are under threat of extinction because they're hunted to feed us. Yet land animals that we farm are under no threat of extinction. Shifting from hunting fish to farming fish - where the farmers have the incentive to keep their stocks healthy - could do a tremendous amount of good for wild fish.

  

  Ramez Naam
  • Good
  • Hunting
  • Fish

• I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • Love
  • Know
  • Kind

• I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Need

• When I make a film, I am hoping to reinvent the genre a little bit. I just do it my way. I make my own little Quentin versions of them... I consider myself a student of cinema. It's almost like I am going for my professorship in cinema, and the day I die is the day I graduate. It is a lifelong study.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Die
  • Day
  • Myself

• I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my mind.

  

  Becky G
  • Mind
  • Know
  • Problem

• I've always been taught that hard work doesn't fail.

  

  Zach LaVine
  • Work
  • Hard Work
  • Fail

• I have nothing against priests. In fact, I tried for a time to be one... It should be clear, then, that I respect, and am often fond of, the many priests in my life.

  

  Garry Wills
  • Life
  • Time
  • Respect

• I'm not a Democrat.

  

  Aaron McGruder
  • Democrat

• The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.

  

  Orlando Aloysius Battista
  • Love
  • Weakness
  • Greatest

• I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.

  

  Jack Kingston
  • Real
  • Wish
  • Effort

• In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • People
  • Society
  • Past

• My bag always weighs a ton. I carry my whole bathroom with me. You never know what's going to happen in a day!

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Know
  • Day
  • Always

• I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • Time
  • Start
  • Brothers

• Unforeseen surprises are the rule in science, not the exception. Remember: Stuff happens.

  

  Leonard Susskind
  • Remember
  • Science
  • Stuff

• Every time you have a new tax, or every time you have to pay really an inordinate amount for a regulation, it's really stifling this country and really stifling American business.

  

  John Raese
  • Time
  • Country
  • Business

• Uncertainty over working conditions caused by mobility and deregulation, when it becomes endemic, tends to create new forms of psychological instability, giving rise to difficulty in forging coherent life-plans, including that of marriage.

  

  Pope Benedict XVI
  • Life
  • Giving
  • Marriage

• Why are guns the only unregulated consumer products in America? We regulate toy guns and teddy bears, but we do not regulate a product that kills 4,600 children a year.

  

  Marian Wright Edelman
  • Children
  • Why
  • America

• Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • Writing
  • Done
  • Words

• You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevsky. This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important. Art would not be important if life were not important, and life is important.

  

  James Baldwin
  • Life
  • Great
  • Important