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Wanted Quotes by James A. Baldwin
- 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…
- In the invincible and indescribable squalor of Harlem ... I was tormented. I felt caged, like an animal. I wanted to escape. I felt if…
- Perhaps, as we say in America, I wanted to find myself. This is an interesting phrase, not current as far as I know in the…
- It is dangerous to be an American Negro male. America has never wanted its Negroes to be men, and does not, generally, treat them as…
- I was guilty and irritated and full of love and pain. I wanted to kick him and I wanted to take him in my arms.
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