James Baldwin Quotes

You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself.

James Baldwin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Part of the reason that I left the Pumpkins is because it was becoming all-consuming. Being the only member of that band who had two kids and a wife, it was a hard decision, but ultimately it was a decision I'm comfortable with.

Jimmy Chamberlin

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I enjoy fighting, but my family says, 'Stop, no.'

Anderson Silva

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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.

Michel de Montaigne

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I do have high standards. I look at everything I have done and think, 'Why wasn't that better?' Part of my motivation is from crippling self-doubt - I have got to prove myself wrong.

Michael Palin

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I would say I'm a nice person, and I take pride in the fact that I treat everyone really well, so there's no reason for anyone to ever come at me because I only want the best for everybody else.

Miley Cyrus

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Also, I preached to gangs on the streets of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx - and miracles began to happen.

David Wilkerson

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It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in ways we can't do in prose.

Peter Davison

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I think computers are the ultimate writing tool. I'm a very slow writer, so I appreciate it every day.

Sherry Turkle

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Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

Thomas Jefferson

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I think the rest of the world would like to tell us how to manage our own environment. And I think that anybody in America can tell you that we're best to decide what America should do.

Nikki Haley

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No one is attacking Islam, as such. We accept that there is a large French-born Islamic population in France who have a right to be here. The FN is not a racist or Islamophobic party.

Marion Marechal-Le Pen

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We're fascinated with robots because they are reflections of ourselves.

Ken Goldberg

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