Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. | |
— James Baldwin | |
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On This Day In: | |
2015 | What Are You Looking At? |
2014 | Ite, Missa Est |
2013 | I Hear Voices |
2012 | Positive Thoughts |
Hope Works | |
2011 | Look! Up In The Sky… |
Humility Before The Unknowable | |
Posts Tagged ‘James Baldwin’
Sincerest Flattery
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged Children, James Baldwin, My Journal, Quotes on December 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Shape And Limit
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Eddie S. Glaude Jr., James Baldwin, On Achieving Freedom, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Time Magazine on September 3, 2016| Leave a Comment »
…Baldwin’s insight remains: that, as we fight our evils, we must confront, without flinching, the history of this country that continues to shape who we are and limit who we can be. In great pain and terror, we have to do this even as we bury our dead if we — and I mean all of us — are to be truly free. | |
— Eddie S. Glaude Jr. | |
From the article: “Black and white America look to James Baldwin to unpin us all from history“ | |
Appearing in Time Magazine, dtd: 29 August 2016, in the “Time Off” essay section | |
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On This Day In: | |
2015 | Me Either |
2014 | Just Business |
2013 | Beautiful Adventure |
2012 | Precedence |
2011 | Ya Think? |
So Go On And Deal With It
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged James Baldwin, Notes Of A Native Son, On Hate, Politics, Quotes on September 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »
I imagine that one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, that they will be forced to deal with pain. | |
— James Baldwin | |
From: “Notes of a Native Son“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2015 | From A Letter To A Friend |
2014 | Your Part (Here) |
2013 | Complements |
2012 | Sound And Light |
2011 | Two Politicians Visit A Farm… |
2010 | Labor Day And Honorable Men |
Face It
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged James Baldwin, Leadership, On Change, Philosophy, Quotes on July 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced. | |
— James Baldwin | |
[What am I afraid to face? — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2014 | Honoring Firefighters |
2013 | And Never Will |
2012 | The Human Adventure Continues |
2011 | Almost Never |
Why Criticize?
Posted in My Journal, Politics, Quotes, tagged Free Speech, I love America, James Baldwin, My Journal, Notes Of A Native Son, Politics, Quotes on October 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. | |
— James Baldwin | |
From: “Notes of a Native Son“ | |
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Accidental Me
Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged James Baldwin, My Journal, Notes Of A Native Son, Philosophy, Quotes, Racism on October 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I don’t like people who like me because I’m a Negro; neither do I like people who find in the same accident grounds for contempt. | |
— James Baldwin | |
From: “Notes of a Native Son“ | |
[Or in my case, American / Irish / Hispanic / employed / Catholic / etc… And yes, I realize I remain a Catholic by choice and employed by necessity. — KMAB] | |
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