#mo

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#born #changed #changes #eager #go

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#control #describing #every #function #language

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#definition #heart #himself #his #imagines

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power. ↗

— James Baldwin

#longer #morality #power #relationship #subtle

A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience. ↗

— Stanley Baldwin

#believe #courage #experience #first #me

Jesus isn't a logo, I'm not promoting some company, some brand. I'm just professing my faith. ↗

— Stephen Baldwin

#company #faith #i #jesus #just

I had a serious childhood illness - sort of like spinal meningitis - that led to a three-month hospitalization. Afterward, I couldn't be insured because of a pre-existing condition. ↗

— Tammy Baldwin

#childhood #condition #had #i #illness

I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for. ↗

— Christian Bale

#i #i think #look #making #mostly

A community is a group of people who have come together, and they work and they live to try and improve the standard of living and quality of life - and I don't mean money. ↗

— William Baldwin

#community #group #i #improve #life

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#always #bottom #deep #find #forgiveness