Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society.
JAMES BALDWINThere are too many things we do not wish to know about ourselves.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them.
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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 easy to proclaim all souls equal in the sight of God; it is hard to make men equal on earth in the sight of men.
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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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Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity.
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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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Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.
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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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Our crown has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear it.
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The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers.
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Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.
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There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore.
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Most of us, no matter what we say, are walking in the dark, whistling in the dark.
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Colour is not a human or a personal reality; it is a political reality.
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