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James     Baldwin, Giovanni's Room Quotes: A real decision makes one humble, one knows that it is at the mercy of more things that can be named.
         

A real decision makes one humble, one knows that it is at the mercy of more things that can be named.


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A real decision makes one humble, one knows that it is at the mercy of more things that can be named.
         



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