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When the South has trouble with its Negroes when the Negroes refuse James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

When the South has trouble with its Negroes when the Negroes refuse

— James A. Baldwin

One can only face in others what one can face in oneself. James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

One can only face in others what one can face in oneself.

— James A. Baldwin

I must oppose any attempt that Negroes may make to do to James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

I must oppose any attempt that Negroes may make to do to

— James A. Baldwin

The states of birth, suffering, love, and death, are extreme states: extreme, James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

The states of birth, suffering, love, and death, are extreme states: extreme,

— James A. Baldwin

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for

— James A. Baldwin

We cannot discuss the state of our minorities until we first have James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

We cannot discuss the state of our minorities until we first have

— James A. Baldwin

It is a very grave matter to be forced to imitate a James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

It is a very grave matter to be forced to imitate a

— James A. Baldwin

All of us know, whether or not we are able to admit James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

All of us know, whether or not we are able to admit

— James A. Baldwin

Employment is my right my destiny. James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

Employment is my right my destiny.

— James A. Baldwin

God be thanked for books! They are the voices of the distant and the dead. James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

God be thanked for books! They are the voices of the distant and the dead.

— James A. Baldwin

I’m beginning to think that maybe everything that happens makes sense. Like, James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

I’m beginning to think that maybe everything that happens makes sense. Like,

— James A. Baldwin

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate

— James A. Baldwin

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing

— James A. Baldwin

You go into a book and you’re in the dark, really. You James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

You go into a book and you’re in the dark, really. You

— James A. Baldwin

Rage can only with difficulty, and never entirely, be brought under the James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

Rage can only with difficulty, and never entirely, be brought under the

— James A. Baldwin

Man cannot live by profit alone. James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

Man cannot live by profit alone.

— James A. Baldwin

People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction. James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction.

— James A. Baldwin

All of Africa will be free before we can get a lousy cup of coffee. James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

All of Africa will be free before we can get a lousy cup of coffee.

— James A. Baldwin

A writer has to take all the risks of putting down what he sees. James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

A writer has to take all the risks of putting down what he sees.

— James A. Baldwin

I really do believe in the New Jerusalem. I really do believe James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

I really do believe in the New Jerusalem. I really do believe

— James A. Baldwin

If you think too far ahead, if you even try to think too far ahead, you’ll never make it. James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

If you think too far ahead, if you even try to think too far ahead, you’ll never make it.

— James A. Baldwin

For, while the tale of how we suffer, and how we are James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

For, while the tale of how we suffer, and how we are

— James A. Baldwin

If you really want to know something about solitude, become famous. James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

If you really want to know something about solitude, become famous.

— James A. Baldwin

Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without

— James A. Baldwin

Our dehumanization of the Negro then is indivisible from our dehumanization of James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

Our dehumanization of the Negro then is indivisible from our dehumanization of

— James A. Baldwin

History is not a procession of illustrious people. It’s about what happens James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

History is not a procession of illustrious people. It’s about what happens

— James A. Baldwin

If you are going to be a writer there is nothing I James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

If you are going to be a writer there is nothing I

— James A. Baldwin

I conceive of God, in fact, as a means of liberation and not a means to control others. James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

I conceive of God, in fact, as a means of liberation and not a means to control others.

— James A. Baldwin

The occurrence of an event is not the same thing as knowing James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

The occurrence of an event is not the same thing as knowing

— James A. Baldwin

I think Americans are terrified of feeling anything. I never met a James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

I think Americans are terrified of feeling anything. I never met a

— James A. Baldwin

When Americans look out on the world, they see nothing but dark James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

When Americans look out on the world, they see nothing but dark

— James A. Baldwin

Nakedness has no color: this can come as news only to those James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

Nakedness has no color: this can come as news only to those

— James A. Baldwin

If I am not what you say I am, then you are not who you think you are. James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

If I am not what you say I am, then you are not who you think you are.

— James A. Baldwin

There are too many things we do not wish to know about James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

There are too many things we do not wish to know about

— James A. Baldwin

Drive to the heart of every answer and expose the question the answer hides. James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

Drive to the heart of every answer and expose the question the answer hides.

— James A. Baldwin

The American idea of racial progress is measured by how fast I become white. James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

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

— James A. Baldwin

The paradox of education is precisely this – that as one begins James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

The paradox of education is precisely this – that as one begins

— James A. Baldwin

An identity is questioned only when it is menaced, as when the James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

An identity is questioned only when it is menaced, as when the

— James A. Baldwin

Writing is a political instrument. James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

Writing is a political instrument.

— James A. Baldwin

A man’s balance depends on the weight he carries between his legs. James A. Baldwin Picture Quote

A man’s balance depends on the weight he carries between his legs.

— James A. Baldwin

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