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James Baldwin Quotes

It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Mind Impossible Independence Person

I never particularly thought of myself as great with girls. I can be awkward, and I have a strange sense of humor at times. But I've also been learning to try and embrace that.

Learning Great Myself Humor Thought

Everybody loves Wimbledon, with all the tradition and everything else.

Angelique Kerber

Tradition Everything Everybody Else

I do love the way the brain looks. I love the way it's shaped.

Two Brains Alike Faces Different

I used to paint pictures - what happened was, I used to draw and paint pictures. And some of my friends would be, like, 'Yo, you should put that on a T-shirt,' because that's where their brain would go.

Brain Friends You Pictures Go Paint

The idea of audiences becoming part of the show is, I think, where theatre is going.

Theatre Think Where Going Becoming

Teens are the target demographic for everything in pop culture.

Culture Target Everything Pop Culture

I can't stand being late. I try to be professional. I try not to let people down. But people let me down. That's why I don't rely on anyone to call me. That's why I have clocks as well as people. I have to be able to call myself; it's the only way to be sure.

Myself People Me Stand Late Down

It appears to me impossible that I should cease to exist, or that this active, restless spirit, equally alive to joy and sorrow, should be only organized dust.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Joy Me Impossible Alive Sorrow Dust

I never had a driving ambition to be a star.

Michael Learned

Ambition Driving Never Star Had

Psychology and economics are Stalin's favorable winds. He is also the party 'boss.' But he is, in addition, the Soviet Union's most striking personality.

Personality Boss Economics Party He

The attitude of giving a full commitment to the partnership will usually result in getting the same commitment in return.

Denise Morrison

Attitude Commitment Partnership Will

For a celebrity with image challenges, kids can be game-changers. It's no accident that Clay Aiken came out of the closet cuddling his newborn.

Challenges Celebrity Image Out Clay

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