Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
We can dream of an America, and a world, in which love and not money are civilization's bottom line.
Quotes to Explore
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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If you are hopeful, if you are optimistic, other people want to help you. And if you are down in the dumps, other people may still help you, but I've noticed that they're walking, not running, over to you.
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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I've moved on to Plan B now, writing novels.
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I have lived all my life as part of an ethnic conflict.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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In December 2004, I travelled on the road from Uzbekistan across the Oxus River on which the first Soviet convoys had rolled into Afghanistan 25 years before.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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Leading from behind doesn't work.
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I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.
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I'm constantly on my toes and re-examining my own music.
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To me, my nephew is the angel of my world. It is my absolute happiest moment whenever he smiles at me.
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We have to make the first move ourselves rather than expecting it to come from the phenomenal world or from other people. If we are meditating at home and we happen to live in the middle of the High Street, we cannot stop the traffic just because we want peace and quiet. But we can stop ourselves, we can accept the noise. The noise also contains silence. We must put ourselves into it and expect nothing from outside, just as Buddha did. And we must accept whatever situation arises.
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We can dream of an America, and a world, in which love and not money are civilization's bottom line.
