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Quote by James Baldwin
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There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention. – 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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Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to ones beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses. – James Baldwin

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When the book comes out it may hurt you — but in order for me to do it, it had to hurt me first. I can only tell you about yourself as much as I can face about myself. – James Baldwin

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Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, its because youve started to think of failure. – Tommy Lasorda

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Its not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of. – Bryan Ferry

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Before this government came to power, many failing schools were simply allowed to drift on in a pattern of continuing failure. The government is determined to break that pattern and is successfully doing so. – Estelle Morris

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