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Quote by James Baldwin
I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself. - Jame

I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself. – James Baldwin

Other quotes by James Baldwin

You know, its not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself. – James Baldwin

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Oppression
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James Baldwin
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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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James Baldwin
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Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock. – James Baldwin

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Change
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James Baldwin
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Other Quotes from
Self-Discovery
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It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too. – H.W. Shaw

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Self-Discovery

Readjusting is a painful process, but most of us need it at one time or another. – Arthur Christopher Benson

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Self-Discovery

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. – Wallace Stevens

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Self-Discovery

Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier. – Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams

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Self-Discovery

Random Quotes

A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer. – Jesse Jackson

Category:
Death

Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge. – Arthur Rimbaud

Category:
Knowledge

In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values. – Diane Abbott

Category:
Politics

Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one’s bath like a lump of sugar. – Pablo Picasso

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