Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
When any society says that I cannot marry a certain person, that society has cut off a segment of my freedom.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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I am completely, utterly obsessed with clothes. To an embarrassing extent.
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Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for it.
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I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid!
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The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
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I have never sought the reason why I write.
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I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy.
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I've had my share of doing things that I really wish I hadn't done.
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Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
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I think that when I was child, acting was mostly just a hobby for me. It was something that my parents encouraged me to think of the way that my brothers thought of their cross-country classes, or my little sister to dance classes and art classes, and it was something like that for me.
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Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.
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I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail - I shall succeed.
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Figure out who you are.
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On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.
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Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
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It's not like I'm starved for company - I have a few very good lady friends - but there's only a certain amount of times a woman wants to see you and never go out for dinner.
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We may put too high a premium on speech from platform and pulpit, at the bar and in the legislative hall, and pay dear for the whistle of our endless harangues. England and especially Germany, are less loquacious, and attend more to business. We let the eagle, and perhaps too often the peacock, scream.
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I haven't played defense in a couple years.
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I think 'The Wire' is my all-time favorite TV show. It's so brilliant, the way it critiques society, and how it handles that everybody who gets power loses their moral code and stops going to the root of the problem and just tries to maintain their own power.
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All the skills of housewifery are the ones I'm using as a producer.
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I've worked with some absolutely wonderful directors who bring out the best in me and I know I can trust, and then I've had the opposite experience, too. I've had both experiences, and obviously one is good and one is not good. When they're great, it's good. When they're not great, it's not so great.
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When any society says that I cannot marry a certain person, that society has cut off a segment of my freedom.
