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Quote by James Baldwin
He may be a very nice man. But I havent got the time to figure tha

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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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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It is very nearly impossible… to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. – James Baldwin

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Education
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Christianity has operated with an unmitigated arrogance and cruelty — necessarily, since a religion ordinarily imposes on those who have discovered the true faith the spiritual duty of liberating the infidels. – James Baldwin

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If everything seems under control, youre just not going fast enough. – Mario Andretti

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Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure… they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it. – John Bentham

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You cant force anyone to love you or lend you money. – Yiddish Proverb

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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. – Aristotle

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Technology favors horrible people. – Doug Coupland

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Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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The history of the relationship between comedy and swimming is short indeed. Of course it is always funny when someone falls into water, but thats about it. – Arthur Smith

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I know a lot of people fear the rougher types who might be at a state school, but surely it is better to know who they are and how to deal with them than for that kind of child to appear as a completely different species to yours. – Arabella Weir

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