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James Baldwin Quotes

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

James Baldwin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Hate Pain People Will Imagine Gone

The gay-rights community had a strategy going in; they thought that they needed to have 30 states with some form of recognition - whether that be marriage, whether it be civil unions - but they wanted to have 30 states signed on before they went to the federal courts.

Jo Becker

Marriage Community Thought Strategy

The aims of anarchists and true communists are identical.

Johann Most

True Communists Identical Aims

In a democracy, people tend to get the kind of government they deserve.

John Lanchester

Government People Democracy Kind Get

That's the challenge as a songwriter is that there's only so many things people want to hear about, and relationships is just one of those things.

Matthew Ramsey

Challenge People Want Relationships

I may not be able to lead my daughters to the altar when they marry, but I know they are in good hands, and all of them.

Stefan Karl Stefansson

Good Hands Know Lead May Able

Bruce Lee's fast pace, Jet Li's pretty style and Jet Li's acrobatics combine with Muay Thai for my own style.

Tony Jaa

Style Fast My Own Own Pretty Pace

I can't keep somebody from being a star, and I can't make somebody a star, and nobody can.

Dolly Parton

Nobody Star Being Keep Somebody

If you're going to have more than one person read your book, they're going to have totally different opinions and responses. No person - no two people - read the same book.

Diana Gabaldon

People Book Opinions You Person Two

Think of your favorite teacher you ever had in school: the one who made it the most fun to go to class. They surprise you. They keep you guessing. They keep you coming back, wanting to know what's going to happen next.

Pete Carroll

Teacher School Fun Think Surprise

There's something really vulnerable about playing something that you like for someone. You don't know what their reaction will be.

Noah Baumbach

Someone You Know Will Reaction Like

I could definitely see myself living back in Australia again. If I had a family, I could move back.

Nicole Trunfio

Family Myself Back Australia Living

I went to a school called Waterford Kamhlaba, and 'Kamhlaba' is what the king of Swaziland called the school because... in siSwati, it means 'all the world in one.'

Richard E. Grant

School King World Because Means