Quote by James Baldwin
The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cul

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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He may be a very nice man. But I havent got the time to figure that out. All I know is, hes got a uniform and a gun and I have to relate to him that way. Thats the only way to relate to him because one of us may have to die. – James Baldwin

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Control
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Society is held together by our need; we bind it together with legend, myth, coercion, fearing that without it we will be hurled into that void, within which, like the earth before the Word was spoken, the foundations of society are hidden. – James Baldwin

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Society
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It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be. – James Baldwin

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Charity
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Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth. – Evelyn Waugh

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alone

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful. – Leo Tolstoy

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alone

You have to understand the tone of the movie, because if its supposed to be funny, it can be funny violent like the Home Alone stuff, but you have to really understand the tone of what youre doing and make the action work for that and for the character. – David R. Ellis

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alone

Artists walk alone. – Ezra Miller

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alone

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