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James A. Baldwin Quotes: If one cannot risk oneself, then one is simply incapable of giving. And, after all, one can give freedom only by setting someone free.
         

If one cannot risk oneself, then one is simply incapable of giving. And, after all, one can give freedom only by setting someone free.


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