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Quote by James Baldwin
The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an

The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an immediate knowledge of its ugly side. – James Baldwin

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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. – James Baldwin

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Action
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James Baldwin
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Rage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling deludes the thoughtless, and strengthens rage and adds, to rage, contempt. – James Baldwin

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Anger
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The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid the state of being alone. – James Baldwin

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alone
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Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue. – John Dryden

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Dont worry if your job is small and your rewards few. Remember that the mighty oak was once a nut like you. – Source Unknown

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Career, Vocation

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid. – Oscar Wilde

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If I had my career over again? Maybe Id say to myself, speed it up a little. – Jimmy Stewart

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I dont have the feeling of being motivated by anger, revenge or frustration. – Agnes Obel

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Its the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon which raises the fear that it may not be long before were paying somebody not to. – Franklin P. Jones

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The essential elements of giving are power and love – activity and affection – and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other. – Mark Hopkins

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Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act. – Paulo Coelho

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