Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good. No other person has been more eloquent and passionate in getting this idea across than Henry David Thoreau. As a result of his writings and personal witness, we are the heirs of a legacy of creative protest.
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You know who we hear about all the rappers from? The bus drivers.
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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I am a free man. I don't need to earn money. But I need to love what I do.
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You think you would react one way when a situation develops and, and when the sharp shells are flying, you don't quite stand up like you think you might.
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I'm a big fan of the 'Rocky' series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.
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Roma come before everything else.
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Actors have this amazing skill - we bond quite quickly but equally we move on quite quickly. There's nothing particularly cold or capricious about it - we're troubadours and lead a troubadour's lifestyle.
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It's all about exploring the more unpredictable aspects in the character, not just fighting people.
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The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.
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It's so funny, I've done so many projects where I've been interrogated. I guest starred on almost every hour drama, and I'm always the guy they think is the bad guy but then they find out is not.
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Because I've done a lot of theater, I know what power is and how megalomaniacs are, since I've certainly played some.
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If you can turn your wants into your needs, you can do anything.
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I don't know what women are attracted to. I can't tell, but certainly I have no notion of having sex appeal or being seductive in any way.
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The hardest thing about writing, for me, is facing the blank page.
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You can never be too rich or too thin.
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I don't like to be feared, and I can't work in conflict, I'm very bad with conflict. I try to avoid it, it paralyzes me.
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When you battle Nancy Pelosi as much as I have, you're bound to get a few wrinkles.
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Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.
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The world is so great and rich, and life so full of variety, that you can never lack occasions for poems.
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The best point of my novels, I think, is their humor. I want to keep many my works humorous.
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Become strong again in spirit, strong in will, strong in endurance, strong to bear all sacrifices.
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Anytime you get an idea, you need people to help you put it together. That is the beginning of an institution. When you create an institution, levels of authority and boundaries need to be established. If everybody owns it, nobody owns it. If everybody is responsible for it, nobody will be responsible.
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I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good. No other person has been more eloquent and passionate in getting this idea across than Henry David Thoreau. As a result of his writings and personal witness, we are the heirs of a legacy of creative protest.
