Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did.

James Baldwin

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Topic

Money and sex Sex Poverty

Author

James Baldwin

Source

The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy Esquire

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Baldwin, James. "The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy." Esquire, 1 May 1961.

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Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people take and people are as free as they want to be.

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Topic
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Source
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Essay
Language
English
Time
1961 1960s 20th century
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Baldwin, James. "Notes for a Hypothetical Novel." Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son. Dial Press, 1961.

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Duty Using one's gifts

Author

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Source
Amazing Fantasy #15 (Spider Man)
Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1962 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Lee, Stan. Amazing Fantasy #15. 10 Aug. 1962. Closing narration.

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By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth.

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Source
Song of Solomon The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
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Language
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Time
965 BC 960s BC 10th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Song of Solomon 3:1).