There are too many things we do not wish to know about ourselves.
JAMES BALDWINThere are too many things we do not wish to know about ourselves.
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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.
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The paradox of education is precisely this – that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
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Guilt is a luxury that we can no longer afford.
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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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The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way a person looks at reality, then you can change it.
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All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it.
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Those kids aren’t dumb. But the people who run these schools want to make sure they don’t get smart: they are really teaching the kids to be slaves.
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The moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
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Perhaps he is a fool or a coward but almost everybody is one or the other and most people are both.
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People don’t have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love.
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People are too various to be treated so lightly. I am too various to be trusted.
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Hatred is always self hatred, and there is something suicidal about it.
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You were born where you were born and faced the future that you faced because you were black and for no other reason.
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People can cry much easier than they can change.
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Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.
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