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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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The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land. – James Baldwin

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Immigration
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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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The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly. – James Baldwin

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Beauty
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Other Quotes from
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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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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

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didnt, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence. – Honore de Balzac

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Career, Vocation

There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point. – Charles Horton Cooley

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Career, Vocation

Random Quotes

Its sad that people listen to music and decide how the singer should look. – Joss Stone

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sad

From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first. – Bertolt Brecht

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Never act until you have clearly answered the question: “What happens if I do nothing?” – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Action

No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. – Chinese Proverb

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Medical