Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have.
JAMES BALDWINNot everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
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If I am not what you say I am, then you are not who you think you are.
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Artists are here to disturb the peace.
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Love was a country he knew nothing about.
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Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
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The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions.
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We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them.
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I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
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Everybody’s journey is individual.
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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.
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It’s a miracle to realize that somebody loves you.
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If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.
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The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.
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It is easy to proclaim all souls equal in the sight of God; it is hard to make men equal on earth in the sight of men.
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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.
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