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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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Anyone who has struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. – James Baldwin

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Poverty
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An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience. – James Baldwin

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Experience
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There is a sanctity involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it. – James Baldwin

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Children
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An hour sitting with a pretty girl on a park bench passes like a minute, but a minute sitting on a hot stove seems like an hour. – Albert Einstein (relativity)

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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason. – John Henry Cardinal Newman

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Perspective

Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept. – Saint Francis de Sales

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The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate. – Bern Williams

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There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two. – Bertolt Brecht

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If your religion doesnt teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is worse than useless. – Dennis Prager

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For me making music is part social, part interaction, part collaboration. – Norah Jones

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Music

A late lark twitters from the quiet skies:
And from the west,
Where the sun, his days work ended,
Lingers as in content,
There falls on the old, gray city
An influence luminous and serene,
A shining peace. – William Ernest Henley

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Birds