James A. Baldwin Quotes
No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it.
Quotes to Explore
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I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.
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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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Think and grow rich.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
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I have always loathed working out.
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I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
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I try to compartmentalize as much as possible, and I have the most amazing team in the world. They really set up my time in a way that is completely efficient all the time.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.
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To change criminal justice policy in any meaningful way means to propose changing a very longstanding system. It's not realistic to think you can do it overnight.
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God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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When I was 12, I did my first sort of speaking role. But I wouldn't say I had a passion for it from the start. It developed as I started to become a bit more mature.
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'Programming' is a four-letter word.
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I'm an atheist, I always thought, 'This is it.' If there is going to be a heaven, it should be on earth. I feel much happier than most people. I'm fairly stoic about death, but I'm not keen on dying if it's going to be long and protracted. I don't have dark nights of the soul, except occasionally. I'm such a little busy bee.
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Marc Almond has done a couple of covers, a few people in Europa have done them. I own all the publishing. It's never really been addressed, as I haven't had the time to go out and tout the songs.
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No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it.
