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Made Quotes by James A. Baldwin
- I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.
- Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even…
- It is a very grave matter to be forced to imitate a people for whom you know-which is the price of your performance and survival-you…
- Fonny and I just sat there... while the voices of the congregation rose and rose around us, without mercy... Teddy had the tambourine, and gave…
- People said that he was very nice, but I confess that his utter grotesqueness made me uneasy; perhaps in the same way that the sight…
- People don't have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love. Then, when you're dead, when they've killed you by…
- Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word "love" here not…
- 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…
- This is the charged, the dangerous moment, when everything must be re-examined, must be made new, when nothing at all can be taken for granted.
- The universe, which is not merely the stars and the moon and the planets, flowers, grass and trees, but other people, has evolved no terms…
- I had never before thought of how awful the relationship must be between the musician and his instrument. He has to fill it, this instrument,…
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