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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With a successful center-right party such as ours, it is hard for the radical right to find room to operate. This is why they repeatedly attack us in the ugliest manner. They attack us more than they attack the Jewish community or the 'Jewish conspiracy' - which they believe exists. I am one of their main targets.
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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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Honestly, I would think I would go way back to Biblical times and be one of the guys who saw Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. It would be so cool to see what he was really like in person.
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I am fortunate to have been well paid for an almost pathological honesty.
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I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
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I've been simultaneously drawn to and repelled from Hollywood for years.
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Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.
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In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social.
