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James Baldwin Quotes

An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987

Topics

Experience Identity Person Way Seem

The Islam of the 18th, 19th and first half of the 20th century was a poor thing. Nobody bothered about it. Islam was that funny sort of pure system of beliefs that depressed people in the Middle East held as their religion.

Funny Religion People Nobody Poor

I don't think anybody submits their first story and sells right away.

Story Think First Right Away Sells

If this is a man's world, who cares? I'm still really glad to be a girl in it.

Girl Man World Still Who Who Cares

You have to have that organizational principle behind the song.

Song You Organizational Principle

I love my Nike Air Max trainers. They're big and bulky and spanking - I can't be doing with grubby trainers.

Love Doing Air Big Nike Max

I look at each episode in two ways - from a design standpoint and from an entertainment standpoint - this is TV, after all. We usually succeed on at least one of the levels.

Succeed Design Look Entertainment TV

But I don't want to lose touch with things like eating in Bob's Big Boy.

Eating Lose Want Boy Touch Big

I'm very much a team-oriented person. I love to have diverse viewpoints because I think we make better decisions.

Love Think Better Decisions Person

You can either look at things in a brutal, truthful way that's depressing, or you can screw around and have fun.

Fun Have Fun You Look Way Things

For a while, I was all sports all the time. Then, as I started to get into theater, they dropped away, but I hung on tight with a highly competitive Ultimate Frisbee team. It was probably less intense than I remember, but it was fun.

Sports Time Fun Team Remember Get

My view is that you don't tell the universe what to do. The universe is how it is, and it's our job to figure it out.

Job Universe View You Out Tell

I tried to make a 'When Doves Cry' in a rap version. I used a lot of instruments and I broke it down like I thought Prince would do, and that's the song I sent to Big Boi.

Song Thought Down Cry Rap Big

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