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C. L. R. James Quotes: "Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear-end collision and Man will never know that what hit him from behind was Man."

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear-end collision and Man will never know that what hit him from behind was Man.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "An acre of performance is worth the whole world of promise."

An acre of performance is worth the whole world of promise.




C. L. R. James Quotes: "In spite of all of the training you get and the precautions you take to keep yourself alive it's largely a matter of luck that decides whether or not you get killed."

In spite of all of the training you get and the precautions you take to keep yourself alive it's largely a matter of luck that decides whether or not you get killed.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Reform must come from within not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue."

Reform must come from within not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.




C. L. R. James Quotes: "A reformer is a guy who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat."

A reformer is a guy who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself"

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy ... what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be?"

The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy ... what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be?




C. L. R. James Quotes: "There is no memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted."

There is no memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim."

Nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Computers can figure out all kinds of problems except the things in the world that just don't add up."

Computers can figure out all kinds of problems except the things in the world that just don't add up.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected."

Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Whatever you may be sure of be sure of this - that you are dreadfully like other people."

Whatever you may be sure of be sure of this - that you are dreadfully like other people.




C. L. R. James Quotes: "A man needs self-acceptance or he can't live with himself he needs self-criticism or others can't live with him."

A man needs self-acceptance or he can't live with himself he needs self-criticism or others can't live with him.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Though I have no productive worth I have a certain value as an indestructible quantity."

Though I have no productive worth I have a certain value as an indestructible quantity.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Under normal periods any man's success hinges about 5 percent on what others do for him and 95 percent on what he does."

Under normal periods any man's success hinges about 5 percent on what others do for him and 95 percent on what he does.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in the world insincerity is the most dangerous."

Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in the world insincerity is the most dangerous.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three."

They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal ours is apathetic."

The difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal ours is apathetic.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "These families you know are our upper crust not upper ten thousand."

These families you know are our upper crust not upper ten thousand.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "There are three things a man must do alone. Be born die and testify."

There are three things a man must do alone. Be born die and testify.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "We enter the world alone we leave it alone."

We enter the world alone we leave it alone.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Though old the thought and oft exprest 'tis his at last who says it best."

Though old the thought and oft exprest 'tis his at last who says it best.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Do not have your concert first and tune your instruments afterwards. Begin the day with God."

Do not have your concert first and tune your instruments afterwards. Begin the day with God.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Under normal periods any man's success hinges about five percent on what others do for him and 95 percent on what he does."

Under normal periods any man's success hinges about five percent on what others do for him and 95 percent on what he does.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "No great thing comes to any man unless he has courage."

No great thing comes to any man unless he has courage.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "God gave us memory that we might have roses in December."

God gave us memory that we might have roses in December.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "In the present every day is a miracle."

In the present every day is a miracle.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The present is the now the here through which all future plunges to the past."

The present is the now the here through which all future plunges to the past.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "An eminent American is reported to have said to friends who wished to put him forward 'Gentlemen let there be no mistake. I should make a good president but a very bad candidate.'"

An eminent American is reported to have said to friends who wished to put him forward 'Gentlemen let there be no mistake. I should make a good president but a very bad candidate.'



C. L. R. James Quotes: "If you are as happy my dear sir on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home you are the happiest man in the country."

If you are as happy my dear sir on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home you are the happiest man in the country.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Take a winter as you find him and he turns out to be a thoroughly honest fellow with no nonsense in him: and tolerating none in you which is a great comfort in the long run."

Take a winter as you find him and he turns out to be a thoroughly honest fellow with no nonsense in him: and tolerating none in you which is a great comfort in the long run.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own but they probably are."

We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own but they probably are.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The real offence as she ultimately perceived was her having a mind of her own at all. Her mind was to be his - attached to his own like a small garden plot to a deer park."

The real offence as she ultimately perceived was her having a mind of her own at all. Her mind was to be his - attached to his own like a small garden plot to a deer park.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide. ... And the choice goes by forever t'wixt that darkness and that light."

Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide. ... And the choice goes by forever t'wixt that darkness and that light.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained Know'st thou when Fate Thy measure takes or when she'll say to thee "I find thee worthy do this deed for me?""

In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained Know'st thou when Fate Thy measure takes or when she'll say to thee "I find thee worthy do this deed for me?"



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Some hae meat and canna eat And some wad eat that want it But we hae meat and we can eat And sae the Lord be thankit."

Some hae meat and canna eat And some wad eat that want it But we hae meat and we can eat And sae the Lord be thankit.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Truth forever on the scaffold. Wrong forever on the throne."

Truth forever on the scaffold. Wrong forever on the throne.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion."

Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Ez for war I call it murder - There you hev it plain and flat I don't want to go no furder Than my Testyment for that."

Ez for war I call it murder - There you hev it plain and flat I don't want to go no furder Than my Testyment for that.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "We all have flaws and mine is being wicked."

We all have flaws and mine is being wicked.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "She is a winsome wee thing She is a handsome wee thing She is a bonny wee thing This sweet wee wife o' mine."

She is a winsome wee thing She is a handsome wee thing She is a bonny wee thing This sweet wee wife o' mine.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Ah men do not know how much strength is in poise That he goes the farthest who goes far enough."

Ah men do not know how much strength is in poise That he goes the farthest who goes far enough.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The question of commonsense is always "what is it good for?" - a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage."

The question of commonsense is always "what is it good for?" - a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "No one could be so wise as Thurlow looked."

No one could be so wise as Thurlow looked.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself."

The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Woman's place is in the wrong."

Woman's place is in the wrong.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "You see dear it is not true that woman was made from man's rib she was really made from his funny bone."

You see dear it is not true that woman was made from man's rib she was really made from his funny bone.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Earth's noblest thing a Woman perfected."

Earth's noblest thing a Woman perfected.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "And let us mind faint heart ne'er wan A lady fair."

And let us mind faint heart ne'er wan A lady fair.