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Quote by James Baldwin
If youre treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person

If youre treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are described to you as being real theyre real for you whether theyre real or not. – 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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An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience. – 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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The public is hedged about by so many goddam bookkeepers that no time is left in which to produce. More time is spent in carrying out garbage than in carrying in food. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Simply that we are mirroring the trends in society, at any given time smuggling was an issue in the seventies, corruption is an issue today, and we faithfully reflect those issues. – Ajay Devgan

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Sports are a microcosm of society. – Billie Jean King

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Noise, crowding, pollution, and the sheer rush of our complex, modern society are rapidly becoming as oppressive to many individuals as the worst kind of political dictatorship. – Thomas F. Eagleton

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Right now, if youre interested in being a dramatic actor, theyre not making that many just regular dramas. Movies have to have some other thing going on. – Ethan Hawke

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