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Better Quotes by James A. Baldwin
- There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it.
- Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their…
- I really do believe in the New Jerusalem. I really do believe that we can all become better than we are. I know we can. But the price…
- The world's definitions are one thing and the life one actually lives is quite another. One cannot allow oneself, nor one's family, friends, or lovers…
- But, when the chips are down, its better to be furious with someone you love, or frightened for someone you love, than be put through…
- Tell me, he said, "What is this thing about time? Why is it better to be late than early? People are always saying, we must…
- People are continually pointing out to me the wretchedness of white people in order to console me for the wretchedness of blacks. But an itemized…
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- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
- Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge,… — Isaac Asimov
- I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am… — John James Audubon
- God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine
- Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for… — Marcus Aurelius