It was as though we were a picture, trapped in time: this had been happening for hundreds of … - James A. Baldwin

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Acts of virtue ripen into habits; and the goodly and permanent result is the formation or establishment of a virtuous character.

James A. Baldwin

It was as though we were a picture, trapped in time: this had been happening for hundreds of years, people sitting in a room, waiting for dinner, and listening to the blues.

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

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Ask any Mexican, any Puerto Rican, any black man, any poor person - ask the wretched how they fare in the halls of justice, and then you will know, not whether or not the country is just, but whether or not it has any love for justice, or any concept of it. It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

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

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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

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To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage.

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When it comes to the British monarchy, I prefer to be seduced by an image than presented with a real person. It's kind of a Warhol thing.

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Is not beauty in music too often confused with something which lets the ears lie back in an easy chair?

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When it comes down to it, it really is the little things that count most.

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