Quote by James Baldwin
The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rej

The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land. – 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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Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or public discussion of such contradictions, into a proud decoration, such as are given for heroism on the battle field. – James Baldwin

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America
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Christianity has operated with an unmitigated arrogance and cruelty — necessarily, since a religion ordinarily imposes on those who have discovered the true faith the spiritual duty of liberating the infidels. – James Baldwin

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Without comprehension, the immigrant would forever remain shut — a stranger in America. Until America can release the heart as well as train the hand of the immigrant, he would forever remain driven back upon himself, corroded by the very richness of the unused gifts within his soul. – Anzia Yezierska

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Immigration

Alien. An American sovereign in his probationary state. – Ambrose Bierce

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Immigration

There are no limits to either time or distance, except as man himself may make them. I have but to touch the wind to know these things. – Hal Borland

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Immigration

It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it. – Eric Hoffer

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The flame of love is now just a cold loneliness. – Uniek Swain

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Broken Hearts

The people of Israel are entitled, as is any other nation, to live in peace and safety. – Jonathan Sacks

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I was trying to make art that my son could look on in the future and would realize I was thinking about him very much during these times… that he can look and see my dads thinking about me, but to also embed in these things something that is bigger than all of us. – Jeff Koons

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Does age poison us, or do we poison age? – Terri Guillemets

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