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The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.

James Baldwin

There are people in the world for whom “coming along” is a perpetual process, people who are destined never to arrive.
JAMES BALDWIN

Arrive People Perpetual World
Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have.
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Born Cease Generation Responsible Witness
We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them.
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Acceptance Commit Crime Lie
When you’re writing you’re trying to find out something which you don’t know.
JAMES BALDWIN

Curosity Passion Peace Try Writing
There are few things under heaven more unnerving than the silent, accumulating contempt and hatred of a people.
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Hatred Heaven People Silence
The impossible is the least that one can demand.
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Demand Hustle Impossible Inspirational One Liner
Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.
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Earth Simplicity Sun Sunrise Sunset Time Tragic Turn
Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.
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Inspirational Interrupt Sky
The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions.
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Acceptance Black Black Lives Matter Power Refuse White World
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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Children Kid School Slave Smart Teaching
Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.
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Battle Beginning Grow Love Thinking War
There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.
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Pain People Suffering
The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers.
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Art Hide Purpose
It’s a miracle to realize that somebody loves you.
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Dreamss Love Magic Miracle One Liner
Whoever debases others is debasing himself.
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Debased Life Love One Liner
History is not a procession of illustrious people. It’s about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about.
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Happen History Million Past People

The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.

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