"Color is not a human or a personal reality it is a political reality."

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Source : "Letter from a Region in My Mind" by James A. Baldwin, www.newyorker.com. November 17, 1962.

James A. Baldwin

#Reality Quotes #Color Quotes #Political Quotes

“And God stands winding His lonely horn, And time and the world are ever in flight.”
“How do you expect mankind to be happy in pairs when it is miserable separately?”

Source : Peter De Vries (2014). “Reuben, Reuben: A Novel”, p.313, University of Chicago Press
“And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.”
“There is no neutral ground when it comes to the tolerance question. Everybody has a point of view she thinks is right, and everybody passes judgment at some point or another. The Christian gets pigeonholed as the judgmental one, but everyone else is judging, too, even people who consider themselves relativists.”
“No matter the circumstances that you may be going through, just push through it.”
“Shyâ€ was the sympathetic interpretation she got from older people. â€œSnottyâ€ was the interpretation she got from people her own age.”
“If I have left a wound inside you, it is not just your wound but mine as well.”
“It’s wonderful, it’s expressive. It’s a way of using a part of my instrument that I’m comfortable and familiar with. The voice is such a vital part of crafting a character. I’m so pleased that I have the kind of voice that prints well and that people want to hear. I’ve had friends actually say, ‘You know, I was in the kitchen, and the television was on and I heard you.’ I love hearing that there’s something familiar about my sound, and that to some people it’s soothing.”

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