Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.
JAMES BALDWINTo 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.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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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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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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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 artistic image is not intended to represent the thing itself, but, rather, the reality of the force the thing contains.
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You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.
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Guilt is a luxury that we can no longer afford.
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Love brought you here. If you trusted love this far, don’t panic now.
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Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have.
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The world is mostly divided between madmen who remember and madmen who forget. Heroes are rare.
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Artists are here to disturb the peace.
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Everybody’s journey is individual.
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No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
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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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The paradox of education is precisely this – that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
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Do I really want to be integrated into a burning house?
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