James A. Baldwin Quotes
Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.
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I would never let somebody say that they're me. That would be the ultimate betrayal of what I stand for.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't really have friends. I had a million acquaintances and no friends.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.
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When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.
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Napster has pointed the way for a new direction for music distribution, and we believe it will form the basis of important and exciting new business models for the future of the music industry.
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'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists on. They were great. I never got them mixed up with the characters, though. Each of them had his own strong personality.
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As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both sexes were everywhere, not yet completely homosexual, but confused not knowing what they were. The result was a herd of unhappy sexual misfits... the women wanting to dominate and the men to be nannied.
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To think that guys who grew up in the '60s would make a miniseries supporting the idea that Oswald acted alone is something I certainly wouldn't have predicted. But time and evidence can change the way we view things.
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My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.
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In a city, it's very hard to do a restaurant, an avant-garde-cuisine restaurant, where each year you need to change the whole menu.
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Companies that have strong graphic identities have built them through years of use.
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I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.
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Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
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You'll see a lot more blood in 'Saw' movies or something like that than you will in either of the 'Last House' movies. I kind of think it owes more to 'The Virgin Spring' which is the original source material, the Bergman movie.
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It's a shame when other people's gambling habits change the meaning of paintings or when fluctuations of value start to dictate how people perceive art because it's too expensive to be interesting or moving. That's when I get bummed out.
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One of the things I'm fascinated by as a traveler is watching how different countries control how they let the world encounter them.
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In football, I'm not so old. At 52, maybe I have 20 years in front of me to coach. But I feel myself as... you might say an 'old fox.' Nothing scares me; nothing worries me too much. It looks like nothing new can happen for me.
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We shouldn't use our own upset as an excuse for not helping.
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Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.
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You only find what you are looking for, really, if the truth be known.
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Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.
