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

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Career, Vocation

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

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Career, Vocation

Sometimes you wonder how you got on this mountain. But sometimes you wonder, How will I get off? – Joan Manley

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Career, Vocation

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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Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed. – Yoko Ono

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Im a dad and thats pretty important. – Todd Akin

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A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance. – Saul Bellow

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Every thought we have is a form of energy that continues to exist forever. – Pim van Lommel

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