Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter. I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But I just want to leave a committed life behind. And that's all I want to say.
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A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.
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Life histories tell you just about everything you need to know about an animal.
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Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere.
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The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.
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I began going to juvenile prisons. And some of these kids face some very, very tough lives. How do they handle these lives? Do they even know that if their life is bad, that they're still OK? Do they know that? Do they know that someone is thinking the same way that they're thinking?
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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Everything I've been through, everything I'm about to go through in my career and my life, if my family wasn't with me and didn't support me, it would be really tough.
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You're trying to put yourself in that moment and trying to prepare yourself, to have a 'memory before the game. I don't know if you'd call it visualising or dreaming, but I've always done it, my whole life.
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All my adult life, if I didn't have several hours a day to sit in a room by myself, I would get antsy and irritable.
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I've always been aware of my health - when you are having to go on stage and perform, you need to be feeling good - but when I was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, I became really, really conscious of my health.
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Generally, it is human endeavour to have young people lead, and you see that in public life in the U.S. and everywhere.
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I have struggled with identity all my life. It's not like something that just happened last week.
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I spend my money like I don't have anything.
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Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.
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Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.
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Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it.
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When Hillel died, it was during one of the happiest times of my life. I was married and completely in love and had a baby on the way.
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The more doubt you have, the less likely it is that the creation will come to life.
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My hair and make-up secret is 'the messier the better.'
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I believe we need more culturally diverse books - about disabled characters, though not about their disability, about people with different sexual orientations, or a boy who is a cross-dresser. We need to reflect the diversity of our society.
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Two things I take very seriously in life. My golf game and my relationship with God. Neither one is simple.
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I love to be tan. Maybe this is the wrong message, but I don't always put sunscreen on.
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Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter. I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But I just want to leave a committed life behind. And that's all I want to say.
