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James A. Baldwin Quotes: Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.
         

Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.


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Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.



I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.



Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.



Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.



The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.

The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.


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Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.

Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.



If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.



You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.

You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.



Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.



The American idea of racial progress is measured by how fast I become white.

The American idea of racial progress is measured by how fast I become white.





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A leftist government doesn't exist because being on the left has nothing to do with governments.

A leftist government doesn't exist because being on the left has nothing to do with governments.



It's been a long road back to health and fitness for me. I am just glad to have been given the opportunity to do what I love most.

It's been a long road back to health and fitness for me. I am just glad to have been given the opportunity to do what I love most.



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I do what I do," I said, "in order to do something else.



The enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can't get away this time!

The enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can't get away this time!



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After a hard day, try to think of something good about it before you go to sleep - the result may surprise you.



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Nothing is taboo if you have an angle on it.



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I was an only child, eventually.



In many cases, a bout with sickness stretches your soul, opens your eyes, and introduces you to a world of unimagined grandeur, possibility and joy.

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