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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The word had spread and people were piling around us. But then very suddenly, Sonny Liston froze me with that look of his. He said real quiet, 'Let's go on over here.' And he led the way to a table and the people hung back. I ain't going to lie. This was the only time since I have known Sonny Liston that he really scared me.
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Christmas is a time of little time. How we get there is a mystery. Racing madly mall-to-mall, we climb Into fields of sunlit harmony. Shopping, cooking, clearing walks and yards, Trimming house and tree while working, too; Making phone calls, wrapping, writing cards, As all worn out we do what we must do So that this day of joy might joy renew.
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Sometimes people are so close to the material, they miss an important cross-reference. You can't drop this line because half an hour later, it affects that line. And the writer is the person who knows that immediately.
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It may be, Bhante, that some venerable one here thinks: ‘Could it be that this venerable one is intent upon renunciation on account of mere faith?’ But it should not be seen in such a way. A bhikkhu with taints destroyed, who has lived the spiritual life and done his task, does not see in himself anything further to be done or any need to increase what has been done.1370 He is intent upon renunciation because he is devoid of lust through the destruction of lust; because he is devoid of hatred through the destruction of hatred; because he is devoid of delusion through the destruction of delusion.
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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.
