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Quote by James Baldwin
James Joyce is right about history being a nightmare-- but it may

James Joyce is right about history being a nightmare– but it may be that nightmare from which no one can awaken. People are trapped in history and history in trapped in them. – James Baldwin

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People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned. – James Baldwin

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

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Listening
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Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want not the alleviation but the silencing of misery. – Albert Camus

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History

I know theres some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition. – Loretta Lynn

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History

History is a set of lies agreed upon. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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History

My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher. – David Soul

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History

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One kills a man, one is an assassin one kills millions, one is a conqueror one kills everybody, one is a god. – Jean Rostand

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Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life. – Tyler Perry

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Life is a collection of moments you would have appreciated more if you had only known they were moments. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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