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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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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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James Baldwin
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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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Oppression
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James Baldwin
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Addictions do come in handy sometimes: at least you have to get out of bed for them. – Martin Amis

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Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Perspective

The shadows: some hide, others reveal. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Perspective

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. – Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

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Perspective

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Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence. – William Falconer

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Freedom

The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is pathetically untrue. There is a perpetual interference with personal liberty over there that would not be tolerated in England for a week. – Margot Asquith

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Liberty

Yoga is wonderful. It clears up most health problems. It also gives you an overview. – Helen Reddy

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Health

Straight men just cant imagine the bliss of being in a relationship with someone who finds farting as funny as they do. – Graham Norton

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funny