Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be change…

James A. Baldwin
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Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. ✨ As Much Truth As One Can Bear. The New York Times Book Review, January 14, 1962.
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Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. ✨ As Much Truth As One Can Bear. The New York Times Book Review, January 14, 1962.

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