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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#america #any #country #criticize #exactly

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

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The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land. ↗

— James Baldwin

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I am not struck so much by the diversity of testimony as by the many-sidedness of truth. ↗

— Stanley Baldwin

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The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would notice. ↗

— Dave Barry

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I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It's wonderful, isn't it? ↗

— Christian Bale

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The only thing I would unequivocally say is that I have never had any interest in romantic comedy I just couldn't do it. I think I'd be terrible. ↗

— Christian Bale

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I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways. ↗

— Lucille Ball

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Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't. ↗

— Lucille Ball

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