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James A. Baldwin Quotes: We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only sentient force which can change it.
         

We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only sentient force which can change it.


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


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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.



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