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James A. Baldwin Quotes

James A. Baldwin quotes

American Author August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987

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James A. Baldwin quote: "Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if..."
Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black. James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin quote: "Children have never been very good at listening to their..."
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. James A. Baldwin
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. James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin quote: "Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be..."
Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock. James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin quote: "The only thing that white people have that black people need,..."
The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever. James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin quote: "The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black..."
The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions. James A. Baldwin
Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings. James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin quote: "I want to be an honest man and a good writer."
I want to be an honest man and a good writer. James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin quote: "I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me,..."
I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all. James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin quote: "To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious..."
To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. James A. Baldwin
The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody, in another sense, and at the same time, he needs no one at all. James A. Baldwin
There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention. James A. Baldwin
The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated. James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin quote: "No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is..."
No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time. James A. Baldwin
I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. James A. Baldwin

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