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Once boys' and men's challenges are clear the question 'why now' quickly becomes 'why didn't we see this sooner?' The answer? Virtually every society that survived did so by socializing its sons to be disposable.
Every legend moreover contains its residuum of truth and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.
Quotes By James A. Baldwin
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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...
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Money it turned out was exactly like sex you thought of nothing else if...
Quotes About Truth
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I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth...
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The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly...
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It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and...
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Every night I go over what I did in the day in ethical or moral terms. Have...
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My truth - what I believe - is that there are no answers here and if you are...
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People talk about 'getting rid of the old image' and I guess there's some...
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Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a...
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The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.