Than Quotes
17300 quotes by 8689 authors
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I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.
— James A. Baldwin
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American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.
— James A. Baldwin
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Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent.
— James A. Baldwin
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Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
— James A. Baldwin
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People can cry much easier than they can change.
— James A. Baldwin
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Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
— James A. Baldwin
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There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it.
— James A. Baldwin
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There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes…
— James A. Baldwin
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Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their…
— James A. Baldwin
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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
— Ansel Adams
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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…
— James A. Baldwin
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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
— Ansel Adams
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I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial…
— Roger Nash Baldwin
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I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.
— Stanley Baldwin
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I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.
— Stanley Baldwin
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The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to…
— Stanley Baldwin
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In 2002, in this country, there was an observation that for the first time in America, more kids were actively pursuing skateboarding than baseball.
— Stephen Baldwin
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An actor should never be larger than the film he's in.
— Christian Bale
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The only thing that I'm obsessed with is sleeping, and actually, it is more than an obsession, it is a pleasure.
— Christian Bale
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It's about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along. That's partly because I found myself getting typecast, as everyone does unless they…
— Christian Bale
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