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An American Negro, however deep his sympathies, or however bright his rage, ceases to be simply a black man when he faces a black man from Africa.

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A man's balance depends on the weight he carries between his legs.

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Whoever is born in New York is ill-equipped to deal with any other city: all other cities seem, at best, a mistake, and, at worst, a fraud. No other city is so spitefully incoherent.

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You never get the book you wanted, you settle for the book you get.

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Insofar as the American public creates a monster, they are not about to recognize it.

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Painters have often taught writers how to see.

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James Baldwin

James Baldwin
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Born: August 2, 1924
Died: December 1, 1987 (aged 63)
Bio: James Arthur Baldwin was an African American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic.
Known for:
  1. Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953)
  2. The Fire Next Time (1963)
  3. Giovanni's Room (1956)
  4. Notes of a Native Son (1955)
  5. Another Country (1962)
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