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The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#came #leave #need #take #world

I would never do another sitcom. It was so boring I wanted to pull my fingernails off. ↗

— Daniel Baldwin

#boring #fingernails #i #never #off

I'd just turned 50, weighed 285, and my doctor had read me the riot act about my health. ↗

— Daniel Baldwin

#act #doctor #had #health #i

My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I haven't been there for him... and that's sad. ↗

— Daniel Baldwin

#dad #desperately #haven #him #his

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#cling #deal #forced #gone #hate

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#become #lead #lives #more #pay

Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#done #interrupted #others #say #those

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

#blaze #could #earth #father #fathers

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#also #beacon #fond #fond memories #future

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. ↗