"All over Harlem, Negro boys and girls are growing into stunted maturity, trying desperately to find a place to stand; and the wonder is not that so many are ruined but that so many survive."

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Source : Nicholas Samstag (1962). “The Uses of Ineptitude; Or: How Not to Want to Do Better”, Astor-Honor Incorporated

James A. Baldwin

#Girl Quotes #Maturity Quotes #Boys Quotes

“Trump claims he'd be the "best jobs president that God ever created." But isn't his claim to fame firing people?”
“Peter Geye has rendered the Minnesota north shore in all its stark, dangerous beauty, and it is the perfect backdrop for this deeply moving story of conflict and forgiveness. Safe from the Sea is a remarkable debut.”
“applause, n. The echo of a platitude.”
“The poem . . . is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life.”

Source : 1958 In the Saturday Review, 22 Mar.
“There is always a chance to get even and I'm proud of the fact that for all the blows I always got back up again. That's what makes me most content.”

Source : Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
“I don't care what other people say. I fight every day to be the best player I can.”
“So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak from our own life about the society we're in.”
“There are times when quantity is at least as important as quality in learning an art.”

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