Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
I've always tried to be what I call militantly nonviolent. I don't believe that anyone could seriously accuse me of not being totally committed to the breakdown of segregation.
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I'm not on fire for the Lord, so I tried to make myself generate this fire for the Lord.
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It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money.
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Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.
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Everybody did something. It was very entertaining. We had a lot of fun. Lot of fun. And there was no segregation, that I could see. I never saw any.
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With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
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Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals.
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If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.
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I've always kind of tried to do something that was a little different than just simple 'I love you, baby'-type songs.
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If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around .600.
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I tried to oppose the academic to the marketplace.
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All the child-star cliches, I've tried very hard to avoid them all.
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We didn't have any segregation at the Cotton Club. No. The Cotton Club was wide open, it was free.
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When school children start paying union dues, that 's when I'll start representing the interests of school children.
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I don't believe in regrets; I believe your future is in your tomorrows.
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First rule about vampires, don`t believe anything you read.
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I happen to believe in immigration reform but I don't believe that that means that every person who has come into America should be able to stay.
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I can never give a 'yes' or a 'no.' I don't believe everything in life can be settled by a monosyllable.
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I don't believe there is any justifiable reason for killing any animal unless perhaps if it's killing you! That would be negotiable.
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I followed my heart and figured that if I tried and failed, at least Id know that I tried.
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The great epochs of our life come when we gain the courage to rechristen our evil as what is best in us.
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I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extended my hand, whatever the outcome. "Okay," he said. He took a breath. "What would you do, if you could do anything?" I took a step toward him, closing the space between us. "This," I said. And then I kissed him.
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I feel the human mind is a jigsaw puzzle that I will never be able to solve.
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I've always tried to be what I call militantly nonviolent. I don't believe that anyone could seriously accuse me of not being totally committed to the breakdown of segregation.
