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Quote by James Baldwin
When the book comes out it may hurt you -- but in order for me to

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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No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. – 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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The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell. – Proverb

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Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. – Francis Bacon

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A wicked book cannot repent. – Proverb

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Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors. – Joseph Addison

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