Quote by James Baldwin
When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun t

When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living. – James Baldwin

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The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land. – James Baldwin

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Immigration
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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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History
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He repeated to himself an old French proverb that he had made up that morning. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Quotations

Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning… and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom. – Bergen Evans

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Quotations

Quotations can be a comedy or a drama, tell of the whole world or just a small portion of it. – Terri Guillemets

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Quotations

The hunter for aphorisms on human nature has to fish in muddy water, and he is even condemned to find much of his own mind. – Francis H. Bradley, Aphorisms, 1930

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But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. – Albert Pike

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Truth

I’ve concluded, after many years, that my mind works by process of elimination. Problem is, it hasn’t eliminated anything yet. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Mind

Laboratories can reduce risk by implementing a proven and internationally accepted quality assurance technology that is applicable across the globe. – Richard Curtis

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Technology

One is rated by others as he rates himself. – Proverb

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Self Respect