A Quote by James Baldwin

The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody, in another sense, and at the same time, he needs no one at all.

James Baldwin

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

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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John Scalzi

A writer needs loneliness, and he gets his share of it. He needs love, and he gets shared and also unshared love. He needs friendship. In fact, he needs the universe. To be a writer is, in a sense, to be a day-dreamer - to be living a kind of double life.

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There are some basic human needs that are the same. Everybody wants to succeed.

Paul Polman

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Arthur Evans

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Gwenno

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Frances Tiafoe

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