We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them.
JAMES BALDWINI am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also so much more than that. So are we all.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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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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The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions.
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When you’re writing you’re trying to find out something which you don’t know.
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Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
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If you’re treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person.
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Love was a country he knew nothing about.
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You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.
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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
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Our crown has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear it.
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Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.
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There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
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I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also so much more than that. So are we all.
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Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
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People are too various to be treated so lightly. I am too various to be trusted.
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