"An identity would seem to be arrived at……" — James A. Baldwin
"An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience."
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339 Quotes by James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin has 339 quotes on this site.
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Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is…
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Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
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Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
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People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay…
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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is…
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People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on…
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Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.
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Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the…
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Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?
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I leave from where the apostle arrived.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
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Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.
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We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.
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