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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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People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned. – James Baldwin

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respect
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The establishment of democracy on the American continent was scarcely as radical a break with the past as was the necessity, which Americans faced, of broadening this concept to include black men. – James Baldwin

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When everything is lonely I can be my best friend. – Conor Oberst

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Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. – Octavio Paz

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I dont want to be alone, I want to be left alone. – Audrey Hepburn

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Woman must have her freedom, the fundamental freedom of choosing whether or not she will be a mother and how many children she will have. Regardless of what mans attitude may be, that problem is hers – and before it can be his, it is hers alone. – Margaret Sanger

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Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made so easily, and the raw material cost so little, that generally the god market was fairly glutted and heaven crammed with these phantoms. – Robert Green Ingersoll

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I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death. – Robert Fulghum

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I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go. I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Psalm 25:12 – Bible

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The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid. – G. K. Chesterton

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