Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
Before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half of the world.
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I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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I love Nelly. He's such a great performer. He's so hyper and so am I.
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When they offered me 'Wayne's World 2,' they said: 'We were going to give this to another actor, then we thought we'd see you'. I just thought: 'Surely you always had me in mind for that just in the way that it's written?', but they never admitted it. It was a wonderful gig to do. Really special.
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Americans should be wary of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt but not scared of them.
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I feel optimistic about how heterogeneous societies pull together. We just have to keep on with the struggle.
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There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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Our approach to banking is very different from the traditional banks or even some of the new banks. We do not necessarily go out and write single-cheque, large-ticket loans.
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It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
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I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
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Cutting one side of your head for a few months is not a big deal compared with what other people have to deal with in the world. Plus, hair grows back.
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The main trouble with this civilized world isn't that we adventure too much, but that we fail to adventure enough.
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Family and God - that is what's important. Money, cars, those are things that come and go.
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Surely, God could have caused birds to fly with their bones made of solid gold, with their veins full of quicksilver, with their flesh heavier than lead, and with their wings exceedingly small. He did not, and that ought to show something. It is only in order to shield your ignorance that you put the Lord at every turn to the refuge of a miracle.
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Being able to live my life transparently does empower me to feel like I can be myself more. It's easier for me to flirt with girls now that girls know that I'm gay. It almost makes it a sexier encounter than if I was trying to pretend that I was straight.
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Before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half of the world.
