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James Baldwin Quotes

There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Child World Better Out Involved

I have come to terms with a lot of things, because, when all's said and done, there's really very little one can do about a lot of things. You just accept them. The point is you just have to keep on working and you just have to keep on living.

You Said Done Living Accept Little

I can sleep anywhere. I can fall asleep standing up, literally anywhere.

Jenna Ushkowitz

Sleep Fall I Can Up Standing Asleep

Gosh, I'd like to direct Our Town on stage.

Stage Like Town Our Direct Our Town

That Britain today is a liberal society is largely because of the philosophy and outlook of the Anglican Church, which did so much to shape our core values in the past few centuries.

Today Past Society Church Philosophy

With a smartphone in tow and a playlist humming, a runner may miss the crunch of leaves underfoot, the enthusiastic cheers of benevolent strangers, or even her own breath. And, for many runners, leaving the mobile device at home is the most liberating part of the sport.

Home Strangers Leaving Cheers Own

Thanks to social media like Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads, I can easily reach out to so many people. Being a writer gives me the added bonus of a targeted audience: readers, who enjoy targeted 'prizes' for participation in fundraisers - books and other neat promo items.

Social Media People Me Media Enjoy

I'm half-Armenian. Even though my grandparents did not discuss the genocide, and my father - like many sons and daughters of immigrants - wanted to be as 'American' as possible, I was always aware of it. How could I not be?

Chris Bohjalian

Father American Immigrants Possible

I believe Huckabee should have run again in 2012. Everyone was begging for him to do so. He beat Romney in 2008, and I believe he would have done it again in 2012.

Believe Done Run I Believe Him Beat

When you DJ, you're just on your own, which is nice because there's no argument.

DJ You Argument Nice Own Just

I never saw myself as trend-setting.

Myself Never Saw

Although the civil-rights movement did a lot to change how black life was dramatized on the American stage in the fifties and sixties, white composers and lyricists often still rely on familiar tropes when it comes to representing black women in musicals.

Life Change Women Black American

Jay-Z is a hero, Sam Walton is a hero - these are not exactly communitarian champions. These are - in some cases, literally; in others, just figuratively - gangster heroes. That's who is worshipped: people who get away with it.

Hero People Gangster Champions Get

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