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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 treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned. – James Baldwin

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respect
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James Baldwin
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It is very nearly impossible… to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. – James Baldwin

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Education
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In the strict scientific sense we all feed on death — even vegetarians. – Spock from Star Trek, “Wolf in the Fold”

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Johnsons are rare; yet, Boswells are perhaps still rarer. – Thomas Carlyle

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Perspective

A child on a farm sees a plane fly overhead and dreams of a faraway place. A traveler on the plane sees the farmhouse below and dreams of home. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The tyrant is nothing but a slave turned inside out. – Herbert Spencer

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George Foreman. A miracle. A mystery to myself. Who am I? The mirror says back. The George you was always meant to be. Wasnt always like that. Used to look in the mirror and cried a river. – George Foreman

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I feel like a little kid who just walked into a candy store. I think thats something to smile about. – Brandon Boyd

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Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. – Emily Brontë

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Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity. – Erma Bombeck

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