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James Baldwin Quotes

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Heart Dangerous Nobody More Purity

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Job You Dead Old Get Come

I've fundraised for Hillary, and I'll be voting for her. I don't think we should be electing Donald Trump as president, and I'm supportive of Hillary's campaign.

Think Voting Donald Trump President

My parents were strict but loving.

Parents Loving Strict Were

I already own more than any human being needs.

More Human Human Being Own Being

My dad... was in the military, a drill sergeant, when he was a preacher. You know how some Christians really get into church and become very radical? Imagine him as a radical and a drill sergeant. It was intense.

Church You Know Become Military Him

I've taken my beatings and learned how to get around and succeed against the big guys.

Succeed Big Against Get How Taken

I've never gotten money from most of those records. And I made those records: In the studio, they'd just give me a bunch of words, I'd make up a song! The rhythm and everything. 'Good Golly Miss Molly'! And I didn't get a dime for it.

Good Money Words Me Song Never

I feel like, to have a career as an artist, you don't need to meet the same criteria as you do to win a singing competition. They're two very different animals.

Competition Win Singing You Artist

Reading scripts or commercial copy isn't a problem for me, so I can really focus on the acting instead of it being secondary.

Focus Me Reading Problem Acting

A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only he could!

Someone Write Wonderful Critic Been

My father taught me how to fight when I was 5.

Father Fight Me How Taught

However I am is however I am. When you see me onstage or in the press, there's not a lot of thought and calculation that goes into it.

I Am Me Thought You See Press

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