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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Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or public discussion of such contradictions, into a proud decoration, such as are given for heroism on the battle field. – James Baldwin

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America
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If youre treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are described to you as being real theyre real for you whether theyre real or not. – James Baldwin

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Society
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I love America more than any other country in this world; and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. – James Baldwin

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America
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But such a tiny and trivial thing as an umbrella can deprive you of the sight of such a stupendous fact as the sun. – Meher Baba

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We have them just where they want us. – James T. Kirk

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Perspective

There are truths on this side of the Pyrénées, which are falsehoods on the other. – Blaise Pascal

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Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue. – Anatole France

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Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, its what makes life interesting and suspenseful. – Jeanne Moreau

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If you can actually count your money, then youre not a rich man. – J. Paul Getty

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Truth is a great flirt. – Franz Liszt

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Mans only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever. – John Ruskin

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