Quote by James Baldwin
The greatest significance of the present student generation is tha

The greatest significance of the present student generation is that it is through them that the point of view of the subjugated is finally and inexorably being expressed. – James Baldwin

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It is very nearly impossible… to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. – James Baldwin

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Education
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When the book comes out it may hurt you — but in order for me to do it, it had to hurt me first. I can only tell you about yourself as much as I can face about myself. – James Baldwin

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Reading
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Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life. – Woodrow Wilson

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Study to be quiet, and to do your own business. 1 Thessalonians 4:11 – Bible

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Students

Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. Acts 26:24 – Bible

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Students

There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them. – Emile-Auguste Chartier

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Wake up, do your best, sleep, repeat. – Thingsweforget.blogspot.com, #660

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Wise Words

There is something in the pang of change More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness. – Euripedes

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Change

Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Government

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave. – Vincent DOnofrio

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Trust