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Quote by James Baldwin
Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born,

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock. – James Baldwin

Other quotes by James Baldwin

There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention. – James Baldwin

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Failure
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James Baldwin
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The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid the state of being alone. – James Baldwin

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alone
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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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Belief
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Even if I know I shall never change the masses, never transform anything permanent, all I ask is that the good things also have their place, their refuge. – Richard Wagner

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Change

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. – W. Edwards Deming (Thanks, Michelle)

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Change

I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it. – Victoria Woodhull

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Change

Thoughts will change and shift just like the wind and the water when youre on the boat thoughts are no different than anything else. – Jeff Bridges

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In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles. – Jimmy Carter

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I sat staring, staring, staring – half lost, learning a new language or rather the same language in a different dialect. So still were the big woods where I sat, sound might not yet have been born. – Emily Carr

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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure. – Malcolm X

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In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach. – Dean Inge

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