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People who treat other people as less than human must not be surpr

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned. – James Baldwin

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James Joyce is right about history being a nightmare– but it may be that nightmare from which no one can awaken. People are trapped in history and history in trapped in them. – James Baldwin

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History
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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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Words like freedom, justice, democracy are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply. – James Baldwin

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I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player. – Bill Walton

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Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. – Eldridge Cleaver

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Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. – Eldridge Cleaver

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Ive been a critic of the antiglobalization movement, and theyve been a critic of me, but the one thing I respect about the movement is their authentic energy. These are not people who dont care about the world. – Thomas Friedman

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Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to the village garden club, end a price in terms of a members freedom of thought and action. – Robert Shea

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Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. – Muriel Spark

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