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James A Baldwin Quotes

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 is impossible to be warned Picture Quote #1

You know, it’s not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself Picture Quote #1

An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience Picture Quote #1

Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one’s beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses Picture Quote #1

If you’re treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are described to you as being real they’re real for you whether they’re real or not Picture Quote #1

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state of being alone Picture Quote #1

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The reason people think it’s important to be white is that they think it’s important not to be black Picture Quote #1

We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours Picture Quote #1

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain Picture Quote #1

All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up Picture Quote #1

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable Picture Quote #1

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive Picture Quote #1

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People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned Picture Quote #1

People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state on innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster Picture Quote #1

Unless a writer is extremely old when he dies, in which case he has probably become a neglected institution, his death must always seem untimely Picture Quote #1

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 our dependence on this reality that we are most endlessly betrayed Picture Quote #1

Sentimentality, the ostentatious parading of excessive and spurious emotion, is the mark of dishonesty, the inability to feel Picture Quote #1

I am certainly convinced that it is one of the greatest impulses of mankind to arrive at something higher than a natural state Picture Quote #1

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It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important Picture Quote #1

Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go Picture Quote #1

Rage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling deludes the thoughtless, and strengthens rage and adds, to rage, contempt Picture Quote #1

The greatest significance of the present student generation is that it is through them that the point of view of the subjugated is finally and inexorably being expressed Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Nakedness has no color: this can come as news only to those who have never covered, or been covered by, another naked human being Picture Quote #1

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But, when the chips are down, its better to be furious with someone you love, or frightened for someone you love, than be put through the merciless horror of being ashamed of someone you love Picture Quote #1

There are few things under heaven more unnerving than the silent, accumulating contempt and hatred of a people Picture Quote #1

The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat Picture Quote #1

Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity Picture Quote #1

Freedom lurked around us and I understood, at last, that he could help us be free if we would listen, that he would never be free until we did Picture Quote #1

Those kids aren’t dumb. But the people who run these schools want to make sure they don’t get smart: they are really teaching the kids to be slaves Picture Quote #1

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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 is impossible to be warned (James A Baldwin Quotes) You know, it’s not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself (James A Baldwin Quotes) An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience (James A Baldwin Quotes) Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one’s beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses (James A Baldwin Quotes) If you’re treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are described to you as being real they’re real for you whether they’re real or not (James A Baldwin Quotes) The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state of being alone (James A Baldwin Quotes) The reason people think it’s important to be white is that they think it’s important not to be black (James A Baldwin Quotes) We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours (James A Baldwin Quotes) I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain (James A Baldwin Quotes) All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up (James A Baldwin Quotes) Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable (James A Baldwin Quotes) It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive (James A Baldwin Quotes) People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned (James A Baldwin Quotes) People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state on innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster (James A Baldwin Quotes) Unless a writer is extremely old when he dies, in which case he has probably become a neglected institution, his death must always seem untimely (James A Baldwin Quotes) 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 our dependence on this reality that we are most endlessly betrayed (James A Baldwin Quotes) Sentimentality, the ostentatious parading of excessive and spurious emotion, is the mark of dishonesty, the inability to feel (James A Baldwin Quotes) I am certainly convinced that it is one of the greatest impulses of mankind to arrive at something higher than a natural state (James A Baldwin Quotes) It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important (James A Baldwin Quotes) Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go (James A Baldwin Quotes) Rage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling deludes the thoughtless, and strengthens rage and adds, to rage, contempt (James A Baldwin Quotes) The greatest significance of the present student generation is that it is through them that the point of view of the subjugated is finally and inexorably being expressed (James A Baldwin Quotes) 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 (James A Baldwin Quotes) Nakedness has no color: this can come as news only to those who have never covered, or been covered by, another naked human being (James A Baldwin Quotes) But, when the chips are down, its better to be furious with someone you love, or frightened for someone you love, than be put through the merciless horror of being ashamed of someone you love (James A Baldwin Quotes) There are few things under heaven more unnerving than the silent, accumulating contempt and hatred of a people (James A Baldwin Quotes) The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat (James A Baldwin Quotes) Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity (James A Baldwin Quotes) Freedom lurked around us and I understood, at last, that he could help us be free if we would listen, that he would never be free until we did (James A Baldwin Quotes) Those kids aren’t dumb. But the people who run these schools want to make sure they don’t get smart: they are really teaching the kids to be slaves (James A Baldwin Quotes)

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