Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
School takes 13 years, because that is how long it takes to break a child's spirit.
Quotes to Explore
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Eating ready-made meals is about being very passive, and actively cooking is something that nothing compares to.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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Breaks in trust are infuriating and hurtful, but they don't entitle you to flame out, throw a fit, or stomp around rolling your eyes. Try to keep the steam from coming out of your ears.
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Careers don't interest me. The only thing that interests me is continuing to be a poet on one level or another, whether acting or writing or directing.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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I love 'Husbands and Wives,' Woody Allen's movie. It's like one of my all-time favorites. I could watch it over and over again.
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I sing to Jesus for Jesus now. This gives me pure joy... worship!
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We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons.
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Purgatory fire will be more intolerable than all the torments that can be felt or conceived in this life.
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I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.
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But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place.
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Anyone can make an article longer; the skill is keeping it tight and lean.
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I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director and an acting teacher, and it was not uncommon for me to have long discussions about the method and what the various different processes were to finding a character and exploring character and realizing that character.
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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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I write almost entirely in bed or on a couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I feel most creative when I'm looking out the window, and my bed and couch have nice views of the New York skyline.
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There are clearly many good politicians who are guided by religious belief, so the mix can work. But there's a line to be drawn. It would be hugely dangerous for a country's laws to be set by the scriptures, and particularly those of the expansionist religions.
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Illegal downloading, digital cheating, and cutting and pasting other people's stuff may be easy, but that doesn't make those activities right.
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I'd like to explode a few myths about what we call classical music. It's not high art for the titillation of a chosen few.
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I sometimes try to think of my life as an Iranian, and it is hard to imagine. I am grateful for the life I have had in America and all the amazing opportunities and experiences it has given me. But there is a spirit in Iranians I can see that is unbounded by geography.
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I have confidence in people's basic common sense.
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I went to an inner-city school in Buffalo. We had no money. But our teachers believed in hands-on active learning - there was a mandatory science fair, which was critical.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger is gonna be the new governor of California. During his acceptance speech Arnold said 'I will not let you down.' Unfortunately, at the time Arnold was holding a woman over his head and looking up her dress.
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School takes 13 years, because that is how long it takes to break a child's spirit.
