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James A Baldwin Quotes

You write in order to change the world... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it Picture Quote #1

We cannot discuss the state of our minorities until we first have a sense of what we are, who we are, what our goals are, and what we take life to be Picture Quote #1

It is astonishing the lengths to which a person, or a people, will go in order to avoid a truthful mirror Picture Quote #1

The artistic image is not intended to represent the thing itself, but, rather, the reality of the force the thing contains Picture Quote #1

We do not trust educated people and rarely, alas, produce them, for we do not trust the independence of mind which alone makes a genuine education possible Picture Quote #1

Allegiance, after all, has to work two ways; and one can grow weary of an allegiance which is not reciprocal Picture Quote #1

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And I was yet aware that this was only a moment, that the world waited outside, as hungry as a tiger, and that trouble stretched above us, longer than the sky Picture Quote #1

The great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do Picture Quote #1

Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore Picture Quote #1

Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it. Everyone desires love but also finds it impossible to believe that he deserves it Picture Quote #1

... in order for this to happen, your entire frame of reference will have to change, and you will be forced to surrender many things that you now scarcely know you have Picture Quote #1

How can one respect, let alone adopt, the values of a people who do not, on any level whatever, live the way they say they do, or the way they say they should Picture Quote #1

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Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society Picture Quote #1

You have to go the way your blood beats. If you don’t live the only life you have, you won’t live some other life, you won’t live any life at all Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Freaks are called freaks and are treated as they are treated – in the main, abominably – because they are human beings who cause to echo, deep within us, our most profound terrors and desires Picture Quote #1

Rage can only with difficulty, and never entirely, be brought under the domination of the intelligence, and therefore is not susceptible to any arguments whatsoever Picture Quote #1

Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but, most of all, endurance Picture Quote #1

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We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only sentient force which can change it Picture Quote #1

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate Picture Quote #1

Not only was I not born to be a slave; I was not born to hope to become the equal of the slave master Picture Quote #1

If one cannot risk oneself, then one is simply incapable of giving. And, after all, one can give freedom only be setting someone free Picture Quote #1

When human rights are abused on a grand scale, the broth of purity boils and feeds the rebellion of a new order Picture Quote #1

It is a terrible, an inexorable law that one cannot deny the humanity of another without diminishing one’s own: in the face of one’s victim, one sees oneself Picture Quote #1

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She was twenty and had come to realize that, though she had a voice, she wasn’t a singer; that to endure and embrace the life of a singer demands a whole lot more than a voice Picture Quote #1

It was as though we were a picture, trapped in time: this had been happening for hundreds of years, people sitting in a room, waiting for dinner, and listening to the blues Picture Quote #1

Everything depends on how relentlessly one forces from experience the last drop, sweet or bitter, it can possibly give Picture Quote #1

It is astonishing that in a country so devoted to the individual, so many people should be afraid to speak Picture Quote #1

I think white gay people feel cheated because they were born, in principle, in a society in which they were supposed to be safe. The anomaly of their sexuality puts them in danger, unexpectedly Picture Quote #1

The purpose of education... is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions Picture Quote #1

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You write in order to change the world... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it (James A Baldwin Quotes) We cannot discuss the state of our minorities until we first have a sense of what we are, who we are, what our goals are, and what we take life to be (James A Baldwin Quotes) It is astonishing the lengths to which a person, or a people, will go in order to avoid a truthful mirror (James A Baldwin Quotes) The artistic image is not intended to represent the thing itself, but, rather, the reality of the force the thing contains (James A Baldwin Quotes) We do not trust educated people and rarely, alas, produce them, for we do not trust the independence of mind which alone makes a genuine education possible (James A Baldwin Quotes) Allegiance, after all, has to work two ways; and one can grow weary of an allegiance which is not reciprocal (James A Baldwin Quotes) And I was yet aware that this was only a moment, that the world waited outside, as hungry as a tiger, and that trouble stretched above us, longer than the sky (James A Baldwin Quotes) The great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do (James A Baldwin Quotes) Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore (James A Baldwin Quotes) Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it. Everyone desires love but also finds it impossible to believe that he deserves it (James A Baldwin Quotes) ... in order for this to happen, your entire frame of reference will have to change, and you will be forced to surrender many things that you now scarcely know you have (James A Baldwin Quotes) How can one respect, let alone adopt, the values of a people who do not, on any level whatever, live the way they say they do, or the way they say they should (James A Baldwin Quotes) Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society (James A Baldwin Quotes) You have to go the way your blood beats. If you don’t live the only life you have, you won’t live some other life, you won’t live any life at all (James A Baldwin Quotes) 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 (James A Baldwin Quotes) Freaks are called freaks and are treated as they are treated – in the main, abominably – because they are human beings who cause to echo, deep within us, our most profound terrors and desires (James A Baldwin Quotes) Rage can only with difficulty, and never entirely, be brought under the domination of the intelligence, and therefore is not susceptible to any arguments whatsoever (James A Baldwin Quotes) Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but, most of all, endurance (James A Baldwin Quotes) We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only sentient force which can change it (James A Baldwin Quotes) It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate (James A Baldwin Quotes) Not only was I not born to be a slave; I was not born to hope to become the equal of the slave master (James A Baldwin Quotes) If one cannot risk oneself, then one is simply incapable of giving. And, after all, one can give freedom only be setting someone free (James A Baldwin Quotes) When human rights are abused on a grand scale, the broth of purity boils and feeds the rebellion of a new order (James A Baldwin Quotes) It is a terrible, an inexorable law that one cannot deny the humanity of another without diminishing one’s own: in the face of one’s victim, one sees oneself (James A Baldwin Quotes) She was twenty and had come to realize that, though she had a voice, she wasn’t a singer; that to endure and embrace the life of a singer demands a whole lot more than a voice (James A Baldwin Quotes) It was as though we were a picture, trapped in time: this had been happening for hundreds of years, people sitting in a room, waiting for dinner, and listening to the blues (James A Baldwin Quotes) Everything depends on how relentlessly one forces from experience the last drop, sweet or bitter, it can possibly give (James A Baldwin Quotes) It is astonishing that in a country so devoted to the individual, so many people should be afraid to speak (James A Baldwin Quotes) I think white gay people feel cheated because they were born, in principle, in a society in which they were supposed to be safe. The anomaly of their sexuality puts them in danger, unexpectedly (James A Baldwin Quotes) The purpose of education... is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions (James A Baldwin Quotes)

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