The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
JAMES BALDWINMost of us, no matter what we say, are walking in the dark, whistling in the dark.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society.
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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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Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.
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All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it.
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I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
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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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Love brought you here. If you trusted love this far, don’t panic now.
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For these are all our children, we will all profit by or pay for what they become.
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People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.
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Colour is not a human or a personal reality; it is a political reality.
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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
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Do I really want to be integrated into a burning house?
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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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If I am not what you say I am, then you are not who you think you are.
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Youth must be the worst time in anybody’s life.
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