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" I think you have been away long enough, God knows I don't know what you're doing over there, and you don't write enough for me to even guess. But my guess is you're going to be sorry one of these fine days that you stayed over there, looking at your navel, and let the world pass you by. There's nothing over there for you. You're as American as pork and beans, though maybe you don't want to think so anymore. And maybe you won't mind my saying that you're getting a little to old for studying, after all, if that's what you're doing. "

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James Baldwin quote : I think you have been away long enough, God knows I don't know what you're doing over there, and you don't write enough for me to even guess. But my guess is you're going to be sorry one of these fine days that you stayed over there, looking at your navel, and let the world pass you by. There's nothing over there for you. You're as American as pork and beans, though maybe you don't want to think so anymore. And maybe you won't mind my saying that you're getting a little to old for studying, after all, if that's what you're doing.