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Quote by James Baldwin
You know, its not the world that was my oppressor, because what th

You know, its not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself. – James Baldwin

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We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours. – James Baldwin

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Belief
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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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If youre treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are described to you as being real theyre real for you whether theyre real or not. – James Baldwin

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Society
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Other Quotes from
Oppression
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Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining. – Saul Bellow

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Oppression

The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors. – Meridel Le Sueur

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Oppression

The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. – Steve Biko

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Oppression

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. – Frederick Douglass

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Oppression

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It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere, finding musicians to work with that were sympathetic. – Robert Wyatt

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Happiness

The biggest thing we get out of it is seeing the kids smile. And hopefully we will also see that the lessons were teaching – not only the fundamentals of hockey, but also the life values – are sinking in. – Bobby Orr

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smile

By gold all good faith has been banished by gold our rights are abused the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint. – Sextus Propertius

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Faith

The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities. – James Allen

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Dreams