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James A. Baldwin Quotes: If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.
         

If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.


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Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.



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I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.



Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.



Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.



The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.

The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.


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Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.

Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.



If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.



You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.

You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.



Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.



The American idea of racial progress is measured by how fast I become white.

The American idea of racial progress is measured by how fast I become white.





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Oh, is that all you’re looking forward to - a break from your studies?” He peered down at her with a knowing smirk.



More and more I had come to see the Capped as lacking what seemed to me the essence of humanity, the vital spark of defiance against the rulers of the world.

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If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.

If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.



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You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.



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Worry is simply thinking the same thing over and over again and not doing anything about it.



When people hear needs, it provokes compassion.

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King has big offices, houses, and he pays his fighters a lot of money. An, because he's black, the FBI figures he must be doing something crooked.

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As human beings, what we can do is extend help in whatever way possible.

As human beings, what we can do is extend help in whatever way possible.



It was like reaching for someone's hand, then missing their fingers, or even their arm, and hitting their shoulder instead. But no matter. You hang on tight anyway.

It was like reaching for someone's hand, then missing their fingers, or even their arm, and hitting their shoulder instead. But no matter. You hang on tight anyway.




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