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James Baldwin (1924–1987) was an American novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, social critic, and activist. He is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century’s greatest thinkers and authors; his work often focused on the civil rights movement and the gay liberation movement.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageI 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.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageChildren have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageLove 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.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageIt was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.

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

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FindCenter Quotes ImageAnyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.

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FindCenter Quotes ImagePeople can cry much easier than they can change.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageTo be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageIf you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.

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