Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
I never cease to wonder at the amazing presumption of much of white society, assuming that they have the right to bargain with the Negro for his freedom.
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It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.
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I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society's care.
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I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
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A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
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I don't think I have a black-hat image.
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I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
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Try to find someone with a sense of humor. That's an important thing to have because when you get into an argument, one of the best ways to diffuse it is to be funny. You don't want to hide away from a point, because some points are serious, but you'd rather have a discussion that was a discussion, rather than an argument.
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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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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If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower.
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When you look at the lyrics of 'Sometimes When We Touch,' it's really very much an adolescent song.
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You can finish the day's filming or the whole shoot or watch something months later and think you could have done it so much better. It's frustrating.
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No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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One thing I always did in my career was writing. I always was writing. I was trying to create things. For myself, for other people.
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People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable.
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Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes.
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The Synod of Bishops has existed for forty years. In that long span of time it has been for all of us a good school for introducing us to the universal dimension of the Church.
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What is the world at its best but a little round field of the moving pictures with two walking together in it?
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But pain seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain?
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Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
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I joined this party because I believe in freedom. We are the only party believing that if you give people freedom and responsibility, they will grow stronger and society will grow stronger.
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They fought because they were paid for it; they were not interested very much in the conquest of Greece. The Athenians on the other hand, fought for their freedom. They preferred to die rather than lose their freedom, and those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
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I never cease to wonder at the amazing presumption of much of white society, assuming that they have the right to bargain with the Negro for his freedom.
