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Quote by James Baldwin
Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but th

Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. – James Baldwin

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I love America more than any other country in this world; and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. – James Baldwin

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America
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James Baldwin
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A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. – James Baldwin

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Education
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People should talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speech altogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to say visually. – Johann von Goethe

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The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities…. I listen to them and they go away delighted. – Andre Gide

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Listening

Listen to life, and you will hear the voice of life crying, Be! – James Dillet Freeman

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Listening

I tell you everything that is really nothing, and nothing of what is everything, do not be fooled by what I am saying. Please listen carefully and try to hear what I am not saying. – Charles C. Finn

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Listening

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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. – Francis Bacon

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Im intrigued by films that have a singular vision behind them. A lot of studio movies have ten writers by the time theyre done. You have a movie testing 200 times, making adjustments according to various peoples opinions. Its difficult to have an undistilled vision. – Carla Gugino

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The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment. – Sting

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Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. – Bible

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