People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
JAMES BALDWINThe 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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You write in order to change the world, if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.
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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
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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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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
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We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them.
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There are too many things we do not wish to know about ourselves.
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I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.
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The moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
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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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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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There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
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Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
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All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it.
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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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