Quotes by James A. Baldwin

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Sportsperson · American · 1886–1964

American sportsperson (1886–1964)

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“Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black.”
— James A. Baldwin
Black White You

“If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.”
— James A. Baldwin
Father Son Earth

“The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.”
— James A. Baldwin
Heaven Everyone Now

“Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.”
— James A. Baldwin
People Better Think

“To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread.”
— James A. Baldwin
Life Effort Loving

“Love 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.”
— James A. Baldwin
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