James A. Baldwin Quotes
Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.
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You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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Power is, in its nature, encroaching; and such is the human make that men who are vested with a share of it are generally inclined to take more than it was intended they should have.
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With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.
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I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.
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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
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Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you're really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour.
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But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.
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My life is so full of sacrifices.
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We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.
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The level of dynamism is a matter of how fertile the country is in coming up with innovative ideas having prospects of profitability, how adept it is at identifying and nourishing the ideas with the best prospects, and how prepared it is in evaluating and trying out the new products and methods that are launched onto the market.
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Separate is not equal. Civil unions are civil unions. Marriage is marriage. They're different institutions.
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I have to be working, doing things. That's the way I grew up and the way I was taught.
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I'm afraid of the dark, so I have a lot of night-lights.
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I'm not tall enough to be a model, but I wish I was 6-foot, because I love it. It's kind of artsy, and I'm artsy. And I love clothes.
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I was very proud to support Obama's presidential campaign, from the primaries all the way to his historic victory.
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So a lorry-load of tortoises crashed into a train-load of terrapins, I thought "That's a turtle disaster".
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A million years went by quick.
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After all, what bit of money I’ve made has been made among mosquitoes and sand-flies, snakes in the bedroom, long monotonous damp heat, boredom, exasperation with native clerks. Who are these sweet stay-at-homes, sweet well-contents, to try and suck it out of me and feel aggrieved if they can’t have it?
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Standing in public in other people's clothes, pretending to be someone else. It's a strange way for a grown man to make a living.
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Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.
