Quotes of James Baldwin

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It is said that the camera cannot lie, but rarely do we allow it to do anything else, since the camera sees what you point it at: the camera sees what you want it to see.

- James Baldwin

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“ I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. ”

- Charlotte Bronte

“ I love my attitude problem. ”

- Unknown

“ Your past, including your failures, simply offers feedback that makes you wiser and stronger than before. ”

- Brittany Burgunder

“ Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back. ”

- Arthur Rubenstein

“ In love, trust is a tonic and suspicion is a poison. ”

- Abhijit Naskar

“ It's all a conundrum, isn't it— forgetting the mixed tape in the car... feeling forgotten when... so many people are thinking of us? Drinking when we should be eating... sleeping when we should be making love... thanking God above when we don't have enough? Each day is a mad rush to something irrelevant. We measure our pricelessness by our successes, which... still equals money. Life goes by so quick when each day is a mad rush to slow motion. We eat fast food so that we can go to bed on time, but, trust me, everyone wakes up too late. ”

- Heather Angelika Dooley

“ When love is pursued, fear is surrendered, and you gain the freedom to worship in spirit and in truth. ”

- Deborah Brodie

“ There are no trips to your past that are free ”

- Michalopoulos Angelos

“ Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. ”

- Pablo Picasso

“ Anything that makes weak physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison. ”

- Swami Vivekananda

“ Choose being kind over being right, and you’ll be right every time. ”

- Richard Carlson

“ I constantly challenge my athletes with workouts that take them to the upper edge of their ability. Like Brett's, my philosophy is that your biggest competitor is yourself. I will never ask the impossible. But I will come close. Those who answer with courage and selfbelief instead of fear and doubt are the ones who realize their dreams. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ the saddest thing is to be a minute to someone, when you've made them your eternity. ”

- Sanober Khan

“ Love thy neighbor — and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier. ”

- Mae West

“ You can never plan the future by the past. ”

- Edmund Burke

“ I was watching the first raindrops falling down on the porous ground. Each drop disappeared eagerly into the sand without any hesitations. The Earth, in turn, embraced it warmly like it has gotten back something precious that once belonged to it. I, somehow, thought that this particular image suited more our story than anything else ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good. ”

- P.C. Cast

“ The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. ”

- Robert Frost

“ Repetition is the mother of skill. (might be someone else who wrote it). ”

- Anthony Robbins

“ When you become the image of your own imagination, it's the most powerful thing you could ever do. ”

- RuPaul

“ But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise on your lips. ”

- Kahlil Gibran

“ Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay. ”

- Dalai Lama XIV

“ About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all. ”

- Rita Mae Brown

“ Do it big, do it right, and do it with style. ”

- Fried Astaire

“ Your dream should always be greater than your grievances ”

- Aadarsh Singh