It is a very grave matter to be forced to imitate a people for whom you know--which is the price of your performance and survival--you do not exist. It is hard to imitate a people whose existence appears, mainly, to be made tolerable by their bottomless gratitude that they are not, thank heaven, you. - James Baldwin

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James Baldwin: "It is a very grave matter to be forced to imitate a people for whom you know--which is the price of your performance and survival--you do not exist. It is hard to imitate a people whose existence appears, mainly, to be made tolerable by their bottomless gratitude that they are not, thank heaven, you."

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Appears	Bottomless	Exist	Existence
Forced	Gratitude	Grave	Hard
Heaven	Imitate	Knowwhich	Made
Mainly	Matter	People	Performance
Price	Survivalyou	Thank	Tolerable
Very	Whom	Whose	Your

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