Bernice King Quotes
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I have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are going back to your own garden to dig.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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My father is best known for his light comedies, and I'm best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers.
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I think the legacy is really the company that we built. That's what makes me happy. I'm a very simple person, so that's all I really need.
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I never told my father I loved him before he died, and I have a lot of issues about that. They're all swimming around in my head, in my heart, unresolved, and in a way it felt fitting to dedicate the film to him.
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Olympics for me is love, peace, united.
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I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.
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I think that peace is, in many ways, a precondition of joy.
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Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.
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I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace.
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I have learned a great deal in my life, and DeMolay helped me to learn that character and integrity should be cornerstones in your life. As a Senior DeMolay, as a father, the best advice I could ever give would be to take the high road in life, and you will be able to build trusting relationships.
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Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.
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We need to say that women have sex, have abortions, are at peace with the decision, and move on with their lives. We need to say that is their right, and, moreover, it's good for everyone that they have this right: The whole society benefits when motherhood is voluntary.
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My mother was physically and emotionally abusive. My father was an extremely cold man.
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True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can give us true refuge is the awareness and love that is intrinsic to who we are. Ultimately, it's our own true nature.
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For 50 years my father worked for the railroad.
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I can't imagine my life without books. My father was an electrical engineer, and my mother was a public school teacher. Books were an integral part of my childhood.
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I got a lot of influence from my father, honestly. He'd take me in his car. I'd hear Carlos Santana. I'd hear Queen. I'd hear all these Turkish people, like, bands that he grew up listening to. He was in a band as well.
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My father is my father, and I am me. I have the advantage of this honest comparison, quiet, and the opportunity to share in his profession.
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I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death rather than kill him.
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There can be a new tomorrow There can be a brighter day There can be a new tomorrow Love will find a way
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I really don’t see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
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I hate this idea in the Cinematheque that you must watch silent movies with no music, like it's a piece of art. It's not true.
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As I reflect on the legacy of my father, the greatest aspect is his legacy of peace.
