"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."

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Source : "Me and My House". Harper's Magazine, November 1955.

James A. Baldwin

#Encouragement Quotes #Pain Quotes #Hate Quotes

“Faith is among men what gravity is among planets and suns.”
“I believe that one-product wonders come and go.”
“I just hope Sammy (Sosa) gets the attention he deserves. Not only has he hit sixty-two homers, but he has carried us. He is without doubt the MVP of the National League.”
“Twitter is a great place to tell the world what you're thinking before you've had a chance to think about it.”
“Catherine Keener really gets me. She and I have such a shorthand together.”
“If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.”
“To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic.”

Source : Ted Nugent (2000). “God, guns, and rock 'n' roll”, Regnery Press
“Happiness is not an end - it is only a means, and adjunct, a consequence.”

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