Quote by James Baldwin
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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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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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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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The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out. – James Baldwin

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Perhaps our own opposition to even the level of European integration we have now, let alone any more, is well known. – Nigel Farage

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It is my personality alone that has brought back the waltz and made it a global craze. – Andre Rieu

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Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is imortal. – Isocrates

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Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one. – Martin Heidegger

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As long as we live, there is never enough singing. – Martin Luther

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