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Precisely Quotes by James A. Baldwin
- The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all…
- The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is…
- We take our shape, it is true, within and against that cage of reality bequeathed us at our birth; and yet it is precisely through…
- If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the…
- Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society.
- He leaned up a little and watched her face. Her face would now be, forever, more mysterious and impenetrable than the face of any stranger.…
More Precisely Quotes
- I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by awakening a pure interest in knowledge.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Literally, no man ever sees himself as others see him. No photograph or reflection ever gives us the same slant on ourselves… — Richard L. Evans
- What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two or three… — Amin Maalouf
- Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced… — Mikhail Bakunin
- The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery,… — James A. Baldwin
- The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt. — Konrad Adenauer
- It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate… — Walter Benjamin
- Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult. — Warren G. Bennis