I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

Quote by James A Baldwin

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The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become...

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become...

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone...

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone...

The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as...

The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as...

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept...

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept...

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the...

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the...

Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in...

Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in...

People can cry much easier than they can change.

People can cry much easier than they can change.

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also,...

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also,...

I want to be an honest man and a good writer.

I want to be an honest man and a good writer.

The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which...

The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which...

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

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

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be...

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be...

When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop...

When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop...

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody,...

The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody,...

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this...

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this...

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious...

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious...

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

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

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

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford...

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford...