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Quotes from Conversations with James Baldwin — James Baldwin

1924–1987 United States

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What white Americans think is happening in the world and what black people must deal with day by day are very different. (1970)

Conversations with James Baldwin (1961)

Perhaps the turning point in one's life is realizing that to be treated like a victim is not necessarily to become one. (1984)

Conversations with James Baldwin (1961)

We are responsible to the future, and not to Chase Manhattan Bank. (1973)

Conversations with James Baldwin (1961)

A lot of Negro style-the style of a man like Miles Davis or Ray Charles or the style of a man like myself is based on a knowledge of what people are really saying and on our refusal to hear it. You pick up on the beat, which is much more truthful than words. (1969)

Conversations with James Baldwin (1961)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Baldwin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.