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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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Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock. – James Baldwin

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

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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

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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Humanity I love you because when youre hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink. – e. e. cummings

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I do like change. Thats the one thing exciting about me. – Katherine Heigl

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A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties. – Karl Marx

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Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food. – Kate Smith

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