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Person Quotes by James A. Baldwin
- It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
- Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it…
- An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.
- Any honest examination of the national life proves how far we are from the standard of human freedom with which we began. The recovery of…
- The trick is to love somebody.... If you love one person, you see everybody else differently.
- If you're treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are described to you as being real they're real…
- Hatred destroys the person who hates.
- The purpose of education...is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions.
- Ask any Mexican, any Puerto Rican, any black man, any poor person - ask the wretched how they fare in the halls of justice, and…
- It is astonishing the lengths to which a person, or a people, will go in order to avoid a truthful mirror.
- A person does not lightly elect to oppose his society. One would much rather be at home among one's compatriots than be mocked and detested…
- Whatever you describe to another person is also a revelation of who you are and who you think you are. You can not describe anything…
- Sometimes you hear a person speak the truth and you know that they are speaking the truth. But you also know that they have not…
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- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? — Richard Bach
- The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. — Karen Armstrong
- A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear… — Lance Armstrong
- As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch… — Darren Aronofsky
- I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and… — Darren Aronofsky
- No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash
- Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not… — Mary Kay Ash
- Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
- A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions. — Arthur Ashe