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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I don't think of myself as an American Master. I've just been making a living.
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We all have an escape. Mine was theater.
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Imagine we could accelerate continuously at 1 g - what we're comfortable with on good old terra firma - to the midpoint of our voyage, and decelerate continuously at 1 g until we arrive at our destination. It would take a day to get to Mars, a week and a half to Pluto, a year to the Oort Cloud, and a few years to the nearest stars.
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I can't anticipate what's going to happen to me next, but I'd like to think that I'm going to lead a life that's not really memoir-worthy, and that would be fine!
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There are three processes every company has to have: Somehow you've got to set strategies; you've got to have a budget, so you need an annual operating plan; and somehow you've got to do succession and people planning.
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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.
