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 moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out. – James Baldwin

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Kwanzaa
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Society is held together by our need; we bind it together with legend, myth, coercion, fearing that without it we will be hurled into that void, within which, like the earth before the Word was spoken, the foundations of society are hidden. – James Baldwin

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Society
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. – Philippine Proverb

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The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. – William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

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Perspective

Look down at me and you see a fool; – Charles Manson

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Perspective

The violence we do to ourselves in order to remain faithful to the one we love is hardly better than an act of infidelity. – François VI de la Rochefoucault, Maxims

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What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else? – Eric Hoffer

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The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value. – Irving Fisher

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The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were. – John F. Kennedy

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At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control. – Ellen Tauscher

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