Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
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I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.
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I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
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What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.
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When I got pregnant with my first child, I gained nearly 5st. I did a bit of pretending: 'I'm just really small, so I just put on a lot of weight when I'm pregnant.' That is true, but I also ate a lot of cake.
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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
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Since my father was a superstar, without me knowing it, I became a child star, as my father's entire fan base liked me, and I can't thank my father enough for this, as it was so effortless.
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I just knew that God wasn't there. He was a man on a throne in Heaven, so he was easy to forget.
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I think you have to learn for yourself how to write. I'm slightly mystified by creative writing courses - God love them - because I can't understand how you can explain a process that I find so baffling.
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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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I believe that in the historic and religious nature, marriage is between a man and a woman.
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Marley is someone before his time, man. He's - he's almost - he's like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean? I just talk about what's going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
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Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.
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In order to be rated as good as a good man in the field of her earnings, she must show herself better than he. She must be more steady, or more trustworthy, or more skilled, or more cheap in order to have the same chance of employment.
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We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?
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In college, I wanted to be a child psychologist. Acting was just something on the side to make money. And it was fun.
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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can.
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As a cell contains a natural intelligence by which it fosters the healthy functioning of the body, I, too, have natural intelligence that fosters the perfect unfolding of my life.
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For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.
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I claim to be no more than an average man with below average capabilities.
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Every man is somebody because he is a child of God.
