Quote by James Baldwin
Experience is a private, and a very largely speechless affair. - J

Experience is a private, and a very largely speechless affair. – James Baldwin

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The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing motion of conquest and surrender, which is love. – James Baldwin

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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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An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience. – James Baldwin

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No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience, even when judged by the standards of medieval Europe or pious India. – Hu Shih

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Anyone who teaches knows that you dont really experience a text until youve taught it, in loving detail, with an intelligent and responsive class. – Joyce Carol Oates

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I think its easy for people to assume that fame is equal to glory, but it can be a very isolating experience. – Sophia Bush

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I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that. – Barbara Kingsolver

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Television is democracy at its ugliest. – Paddy Chayefsky

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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation. – Benjamin Disraeli

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I have to be asked, I guess, but I love the idea of marriage. I think its beautiful. Im such a romantic, and I always have been. – Portia de Rossi

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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person. – Abraham Lincoln

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