The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.
JAMES BALDWINWe all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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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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When you’re writing you’re trying to find out something which you don’t know.
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To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread.
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The artistic image is not intended to represent the thing itself, but, rather, the reality of the force the thing contains.
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Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.
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We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them.
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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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It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
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To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.
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The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.
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I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.
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It’s a miracle to realize that somebody loves you.
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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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Whoever debases others is debasing himself.
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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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