A Quote by James Baldwin

Passion is not friendly. It is arrogant, superbly contemptuous of all that is not itself, and, as they very definition of passion implies the impulse to freedom, it has a might intimidiating power. It contains a challenge. It contains an unspeakable hope.

James Baldwin

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James Baldwin
American - Writer
August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987

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Thomas Aquinas

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Kedar Joshi

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Barbara De Angelis

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Charles Caleb Colton

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Jim Butcher

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William Hazlitt

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Rumi

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Dave Ramsey

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Charlie Munger

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John Quincy Adams

Why is it lemon juice contains mostly artificial ingredients but dishwashing liquid contains real lemons?

Steven Wright

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Wesley L Duewel

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John Berger

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Victor Hugo

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