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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 greatest significance of the present student generation is that it is through them that the point of view of the subjugated is finally and inexorably being expressed. – James Baldwin

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But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power. – James Baldwin

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relationship
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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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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation. – Benjamin Disraeli

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If you do not raise your eyes you will think that you are the highest point. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, but you still have to mow it. – Author Unknown

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I think its a terrible shame that politics has become show business. – Sydney Pollack

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Once I accomplish one thing and Im satisfied, I try something else. I may be 50 and doing something totally outside of music and acting. Maybe Ill become a kindergarten teacher. – Kid Cudi

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The charm, one might say the genius of memory, is that it is choosy, chancy, and temperamental: it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust. – Elizabeth Bowen

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One cant write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who dont like poetry. – Nathalie Sarraute

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