• You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself.

  James Baldwin
  American writer 1924-1987
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. effectively
2. yourself
3. enough
4. begin

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You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself. by : James Baldwin

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