James Baldwin

The determination to...

The determination to...

The determination to outwit one's situation means that one has no models, only object...

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An identity is...

An identity is...

An identity is questioned only when it is menaced, as when the mighty begin to fall, or when the wretched begin to...

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It is impossible...

It is impossible...

It is impossible to pretend that you are not heir to, and therefore, however inadequately or unwillingly, responsible...

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Anyone who has...

Anyone who has...

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.

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To have been...

To have been...

To have been where we were, to have paid the price we have paid, to have survived, and to have shaken up the world the...

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The wretched of...

The wretched of...

The wretched of the earth do not decide to become extinct, they resolve, on the contrary, to multiply: life is their...

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To be a...

To be a...

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the...

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Passion is not...

Passion is not...

Passion is not friendly. It is arrogant, superbly contemptuous of all that is not itself, and, as the very definition...

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Fires can't be...

Fires can't be...

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work...

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Man cannot live...

Man cannot live...

Man cannot live by profit alone.

Source: In Famous Black Quotations, ed. Janet...

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You think your...

You think your...

You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world. But books taught me that the...

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Experience, which destroys...

Experience, which destroys...

Experience, which destroys innocence, also leads one back to it.

Source: In...

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To act is...

To act is...

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

Source: In...

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People can cry...

People can cry...

People can cry much easier than they can change.

Source: In

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Remember, to hate,...

Remember, to hate,...

Remember, to hate, to be violent, is demeaning. It means you're afraid of the other side of the coin -- to love and be...

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People are trapped...

People are trapped...

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

Source: In Webster's...

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The moment we...

The moment we...

The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

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Be careful what...

Be careful what...

Be careful what you set your heart upon -- for it will surely be yours.

Source: In...

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We take our...

We take our...

We take our shape, it is true, within and against that cage of reality bequeathed us at our birth; and yet is...

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The male cannot...

The male cannot...

The male cannot bear very much humiliation; and he really cannot bear it, it obliterates...

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