James Baldwin Quotes

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.

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 me is drawn to the nature of sadness because I think life is sad, and sadness is not something that should be avoided or denied. It's a fact of life, like contradictions are.

Robert Redford

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If I know I have to memorize lines, I'm really gonna try to memorize lines. It's hard for me sometimes, because somebody wrote these words and you're trying really hard to get them the way they said it.

Amy Sedaris

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All you can do is the same as any other fight: whoever they put in front of you, you go in there and try to get the W.

Stipe Miocic

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Everyone at ComiXology has been very supportive and enthusiastic about getting 'Youngblood' as well as the rest of the Awesome/Extreme catalogue online. Hopes are high that this relationship leads to more online comics.

Rob Liefeld

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Back in the day, I used to be in the studio recording 20 hours a day. And that was all of the time. I still record a lot of hours, but I don't go as long as I used to.

Roy Ayers

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Nobody on this earth is perfect. Everybody has their flaws; everybody has their dark secrets and vices.

Juice Wrld

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When we came out with 'Lazy Sunday,' the greatest compliment I heard was that Questlove had it on his iPod.

Jorma Taccone

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The biggest obstacle to people becoming better is that you have to really want to be a good person in order to be a better person, and most people would rather be other things.

Dennis Prager

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I'm driven. I am. I'm driven for some reason. But I don't know where I'm going.

Courtney Love

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My family is Catholic. I went to a Catholic school, that kind of thing, so that was my childhood for sure.

Conor Oberst

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It is very clear in my mind that the French people elected Emmanuel, and they haven't elected me, although they knew, of course, that we were a couple.

Brigitte Macron

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I've done little bits of Botox for a long time. If I wasn't on TV, I probably wouldn't.

Brooke Burke

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