James A. Baldwin Quotes
A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.
James A. Baldwin
Quotes to Explore
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There was this old soccer game called 'Goal' for the old Nintendo, and ever since then, I've played everything from the old school games to the 360.
Landon Donovan
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Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
Saint Augustine
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Take a very small amount of money, your throwaway money, treat it as if it's already gone, you've mentally set it on fire, and put it in some distribution of a few truly legit layer 1 blockchains.
Naval Ravikant
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For me, clean fuels translates into cleaner air for Oregonians. I think that's a good thing.
Kate Brown
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Fundamentally, I do agree, certainly, people must be allowed to express their own opinions freely. Freedom is part of the essential rights of all nations.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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There's this really good line in 'Women in Love' where Ursula says, 'I always thought it was a sin to be unhappy.' And actually I think that's very common, it's what a lot of people feel - that you have an obligation to life to be happy if you can.
Rachel Cusk
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Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.
Nancy Kress
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I've always loved the blues, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Hendrix.
Eddie Money
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I worked in a restaurant and in a nightclub cloakroom.
Faye Marsay
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I love this stuff - bitcoin, ethereum, blockchain technology - and what the future holds.
Abigail Johnson
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The nice thing about publishing later in life is that you already know who you are. You don't have to hang out with the 'Paris Review' crowd to try to make yourself feel like a legitimate writer.
Hanya Yanagihara
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If we are going to list guitar influences, the biggest one by far is Wes Montgomery. Also, Gary Burton was obviously huge for me in a number of ways. But beyond that, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard.
Pat Metheny
