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James A. Baldwin Quotes: I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.
         

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.


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I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.
         



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