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Me 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.
- It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who…
- What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors. It's astounding to me, for example, that so many people…
- I remember standing on a street corner with the black painter Beauford Delaney down in the Village, waiting for the light to change, and he…
- When the book comes out it may hurt you - but in order for me to do it, it had to hurt me first. I…
- People can cry much easier than they can change, a rule of psychology people like me picked up as kids on the street.
- When you’re writing, you’re trying to find out something which you don’t know. The whole language of writing for me is finding out what you…
- A writer has to take all the risks of putting down what he sees. No one can tell him about that. No one can control…
- Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in…
- I thought of the people before me who had looked down at the river and gone to sleep beneath it. I wondered about them. I…
- 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…
- 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…
- Years ago, when he was around fourteen, he'd been all hipped on the idea of going to India. He read books about people sitting on…
- I was in his hands, he called me by the thunder at my ear. I was in his hands: I was being changed; all that…
- It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death-- ought to decide, indeed, to earn one's death by confronting with…
- If I could make you stay, I would,’ he shouted. ‘If I had to beat you, chain you, starve you—if I could make you stay,…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale