Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
Man must never be treated as a means to the end of the state, but always as an end within himself.
Quotes to Explore
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From the day he took office, President Obama has been open to any good idea when it comes to the budget, as long as supporting middle-class families remains our North Star. Republicans won't extract concessions over the full faith and credit of the United States.
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I'm not a materialistic person.
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I was privileged to grow up in Mexico at a time when you could play in the streets. We lived not too far from the ocean, and we would be outside all the time with the neighbours' kids, running free. What better place could there be for a child?
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See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.
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Not only are a voteless people a hopeless people. A non-producing people are hopeless also.
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My singing led into acting, and that is how I discovered acting.
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I know I don't fit in in L.A. because I look my age.
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In His tender mercies, God has an incredible capacity to love the unlovely.
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The strange thing is, we never owned our own publishing; it was always getting bought and sold.
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It's ill-luck to serve a bad man,
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What is striking is that from almost from the very beginning of certainly by September and October of 1963, as the book was being constructed, that [Alex] Haley was vetting - asking questions to the publisher and to the publisher's attorney regarding many of the things that Malcolm X was saying. He was worried that he would not have a book that would have the kind of sting that he wanted.
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Jazz shouldn't have any mandates. Jazz is not supposed to be something that's required to sound like jazz. For me, the word 'jazz' means, 'I dare you.'
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Joy and growth come from following our deepest impulses, however foolish they may seem to some, or dangerous, and even though the apparent outcome may be defeat.
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I think it's important for us to recognize that although historically black communities have been very progressive with respect to issues of race and with respect to struggles for racial equality, that does not necessarily translate into progressive positions on gender issues, progressive positions on issues of sexuality and in the latter 1990s we have to recognize the intersectionality, the interconnectedness of all of these institutions and attitudes.
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He had discovered that the choice between self-love or love of something other than self offers no escape from suffering either way, it is merely a choice between two woundings, of the pride or of the heart.
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Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play.
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Theatrical work means too much work or none.
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Music transcends language. BTS communicates with our fans by staying true to ourselves and believing in music every day.
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We Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way into it and a relentless focus on the future, with business and government working together to promote growth and broadly shared prosperity. We think "we're all in this together" is a better philosophy than "you're on your own."
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Man must never be treated as a means to the end of the state, but always as an end within himself.
