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I trained to be a priest - started to. I went to seminary school when I was 11. I wanted to be a priest but when they told me I could never have sex not even on my birthday I changed my mind.
Fires can't be made with dead embers nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.
Quotes By James A. Baldwin
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Every legend moreover contains its residuum of truth and the root function...
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To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a...
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No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening each time...
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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
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To be sensual I think is to respect and rejoice in the force of life of...
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If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology the...
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The only thing that white people have that black people need or should want...
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The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to...
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It is certain in any case that ignorance allied with power is the most...
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I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can...
Quotes About Men
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In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It...
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Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their...
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Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles but by producing them. They...
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If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them...
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I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge...
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Inconsistencies in men are generally testimony to their immaturity.
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Some old men continually praise the time of their youth. In fact you would...