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Rare Quotes by James A. Baldwin
- Words like 'freedom', 'justice' and 'democracy' are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It…
- It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless.
- It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves…
- True rebels after all, are as rare as true lovers,and in both cases, to mistake a fever for passion can destroy one's life
- All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. And even then, on the rare occasions when something opens within,…
- 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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