James A. Baldwin Quotes
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.
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Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class.
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I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a 'mature' record means.
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I love the 'Lost' ending. I stand by it, but there are a lot of people out there who hate it.
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The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It's over. It supplies the world with its nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Vietnam.
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Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu - that we all become people through other people, and that we cannot be fully human alone, we could learn a lot. There'd be less hatred and more harmony.
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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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Your best teacher is your last mistake.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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It's funny: when I set out to create the world of 'California,' I didn't give the type of apocalypse much thought... I simply set my two characters, Cal and Frida, in a depleted world and moved through it intuitively.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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Everything that I design I would wear myself.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world - including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents.
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Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.
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Whenever the law gets its hands on you, those who use the law to their own advantage will also turn it against you. Don’t put your trust in the laws of men, Alvin. They were designed by strong men to improve their power over weaker ones.
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I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.
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Television was the most revolutionary event of the century. Its importance was in a class with the discovery of gunpowder and the invention of the printing press, which changed the human condition for centuries afterward.
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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
