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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Anyone who has struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. – James Baldwin

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

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

Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience. – Mother Theresa

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

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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another. – Adlai Stevenson

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Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge. – Leonardo da Vinci

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I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him. – Gene Tierney

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I wasnt going to have fun doing a teen movie again. – Heath Ledger

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teen