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As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them bear them breed and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we lest they their rights should lose Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?
To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.
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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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 Time
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No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every...
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It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em confuse 'em. It's an old...
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A lot of people would be embarrassed to admit that they were on 'Barney' but...
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I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
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October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin...
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I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.
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No story is the same to us after a lapse of time or rather we who read it are...
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I'm being treated like a sex object cried the lady. No matter. I will take...
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If I have to move up in a building I choose the elevator over the escalator....
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You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas...