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Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to ones be

Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to ones beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses. – James Baldwin

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No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. – James Baldwin

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Purity
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James Baldwin
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All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up. – James Baldwin

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Art
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James Baldwin
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Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. – James Baldwin

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Perspective
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Belief
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Belief is a deception you play upon yourself…. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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Belief

A sign inside the front door of Holy Cross Primary School, in north Belfast, reads: If wed been born where they were born and taught what they were taught, we would believe what they believe. – Anon.

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Belief

yamai wa ki kara
sickness is a thing of the spirit – Japanese Proverb

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Belief

Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe. – John Lancaster Spalding

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Belief

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Perfection in art, as often in life, is better captured by eraser than pencil. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Everybody likes Johnny Cash. I think the sad part of it is his health is givin him problems. – Merle Haggard

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To think is of itself to be useful it is always and in all cases a striving toward God. – Victor Hugo

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God

Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent. – Jan Peter Balkenende

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