Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
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Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.
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One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
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If I watch 'Gone With the Wind,' I always find it interesting. I think, 'What's going to happen next? What's that character going to do?' But you know, you never really need to watch the films you made again. They stay inside you, always with you.
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Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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My music confuses people because they think I will sound a certain way because I look a certain way with the dreads.
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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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I don't think the label makes the artist or the artist makes the label. It's the music that makes everything work or not.
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This solution may not appeal to our human pride, but the problem is that our human pride in itself is sinful.
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Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
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The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age.
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Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest.
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Each day, you can awake and focus on small, easy goals you can accomplish in the short term - goals that, over time, will lead you to your long-term goal.
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I don't like being in debt, and I wouldn't borrow money for anything.
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For women especially, it's important to be financially independent.
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While the faculty of sensation is dependent upon the body, mind is separable from it.
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Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
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Even into the 20th century, women were still struggling in the Western world for rights that Islam had granted women in the 7th century: equal rights to education; the right to own and inherit property; to have a voice in the decisions affecting their lives; to be active, engaged, and valued members of society at all levels.
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Make them care, Mattie,' she said softly. 'And don't you ever be sorry.' -Emily Wilcox.
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The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
