James Mark Baldwin Quotes
In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social.
Quotes to Explore
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I think all politicians lie.
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Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
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My main thing is music; it's what I do.
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An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.
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To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
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Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
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As a black woman, I have no particular interest in maintaining the status quo. Why would I? The status quo is harmful; the status quo is significantly racist and sexist and a whole bunch of other things that I think need to change.
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The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.
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J.J. Watt is larger than life and Houston's newest sports hero, in every sense of the word. He is a guy who spends NFL Fridays at high school football games and actively seeks out those in need of his kindness.
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I think at places like 'Slate' or the magazine where I work, there was a really poor record of hiring African-American writers. It was really that simple. And I think with the proliferation of the Internet and Internet media, it has been a little harder to maintain that gatekeeper position.
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Even all the top players going to Europe to play helps soccer in America, as do all the MLS players like Beckham and all that, they're trying to promote it. At the end of the day it's about getting the younger generation interested at an early age so most of them will move on and play.
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My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-developed as they were before I went.
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A lot of people in my state of Vermont are gun owners.
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I am a very musical person. I love music, and I don't just love Cape Breton fiddling, although it's my favorite.
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I don't see it.
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As ships becalmed at eve, that layWith canvas drooping, side by side,Two towers of sail, at dawn of dayAre scarce, long leagues apart, descried.
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I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.
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From my earliest memories, I loved the farm. My grandfather was a charter subscriber to Rodale's Organic Gardening and Farming Magazine and had a huge, well kept garden with an octagonal chicken house in the corner.
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I give so much credit to the 'Up' team who created appointment viewing on the weekends for us and some of the smartest conversations on television.
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My first favorite band that made music important to me was the Beatles. I was a little kid. I didn't know who was singing what song or who wrote what song.
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To build a successful business, you must start small and dream big.
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In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social.
