Our crown has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear it.
JAMES BALDWINHatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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Artists are here to disturb the peace.
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The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.
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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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For these are all our children, we will all profit by or pay for what they become.
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There are too many things we do not wish to know about ourselves.
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All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique.
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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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Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it. Everyone desires love but also finds it impossible to believe that he deserves it.
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There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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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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People can’t, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents.
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If you’re treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person.
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Love brought you here. If you trusted love this far, don’t panic now.
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I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.
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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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