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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

Other quotes by James Baldwin

Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it is impossible to be warned. – James Baldwin

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Exile
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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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When I was a little kid I thought I would grow up to be black and sing jazz in nightclubs. – Molly Ringwald

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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet. – William Hazlitt

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People dont choose their careers; they are engulfed by them. – John Dos Passos

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Im hosting weekend retreats all over America. It is like a 24-hour slumber party for moms. We laugh, eat, play games, get massages, win prizes, talk about parenting and even cry a bit. – Lisa Whelchel

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Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being. – Rumi

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Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never get rid of just waiting for the right man. – Anita Brookner

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Sometimes, because of my success, I am afraid that I was not a good father. With the first two I was too strong, and with the other three I was too weak. – Roberto Cavalli

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