James Baldwin Quotes

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others.

James Baldwin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ExperienceWorldKeyQuestionsBegin

Spring is God's way of saying, 'One more time!'

Robert Orben

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I started working at Apple about 18 months after I bought my Apple II.

Andy Hertzfeld

AppleStartedWorkingMonthsAfter

What is qualified? What have I been qualified for in my life? I haven't been qualified to be a mayor. I'm not qualified to be a songwriter. I'm not qualified to be a TV producer. I'm not qualified to be a successful businessman. And so, I don't know what qualified means.

Sonny Bono

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My worst work happens when I get obedient.

Michael Wincott

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I ran away from home. I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States of America, because of that terror of discrimination, that horrible beast which paralyzes one's very soul and body.

Josephine Baker

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Blackness remains the coat you can't take off.

Clint Smith

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No man is good enough to be another's master.

William Morris

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To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart.

Thomas J. Watson

SuccessBusinessHeartYouYour

Frank Sinatra is the only one that went from teen idol to superstar.

Leif Garrett

TeenSuperstarIdolOnlyFrank

We released '1950,' and I felt so grateful for the response from the queer community as well as just musicians and people in the industry responding to it and validating the art I had made. It makes me feel super hopeful.

King Princess

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The high probability is if American forces withdraw from Afghanistan and if no alternative international arrangement is made that then the historic contests between the regions and the sects will reappear, the Taliban will re-emerge, and a very complicated and maybe chaotic situation will develop.

Henry Kissinger

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Think of a forest, then imagine taking 10,000 trees and squeezing them together until there is essentially no space between them. That's what the neocortical column looks like.

Henry Markram

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