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Quote by James Baldwin
Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction,

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. – James Baldwin

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People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster. – James Baldwin

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Innocence
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The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly. – James Baldwin

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Beauty
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Rage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling deludes the thoughtless, and strengthens rage and adds, to rage, contempt. – James Baldwin

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Anger
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Other Quotes from
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The crash of the whole solar and stellar systems could only kill you once. – Thomas Carlyle

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Perspective

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not. – George Bernard Shaw

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Perspective

Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point of departure. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Perspective

A gifted small girl has explained that pins are a great means of saving life, “by not swallowing them.” – Charles Edward Montague, Dramatic Values

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Perspective

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Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure, failure in your endeavor to do your best. – Maude Adams

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Failure

The only thing I like more than my wife is my money, and Im not about to lose that to her and her lawyers, thats for damn sure. – Jon Bon Jovi

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Money

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see it is above, not against them. – Blaise Pascal

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Faith

The Broken Bow group is such a great family and seem like a group of tight-knit people. When I looked for a new label, I wanted to feel I could trust everybody. I wanted motivation to be at an all-time high. – Fatima Siad

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Trust