Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
"I criticize America because I love her. I want her to stand as a moral example to the world."
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.
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It is something where I think that people need to take a step back and realize how bad these things we are doing really are for our ears. But nobody really thinks about it. We're playing shows every night with music in our ears. That's just the industry.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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I love Queen Latifah! Queen Latifah is so beautiful! Every time you see her, if it's in a cosmetics ad, or on the red carpet, she's always flawless.
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I like to stand right in front of my opponent. I think it makes for an exciting fight.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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Maybe some people that only listen to electronic music will pick up my record and get turned on to some of the story songs, some of the more country-type stuff.
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I like being unconventional.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.
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I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
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Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.
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Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.
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Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.
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I still have a lot of my friends from high school. You just know who is there for you for real, and who is trying to get something out of you.
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We are working essentially to build a leadership force of folks who will, during their first two years of teaching, actually put their kids on a different trajectory - not just survive as a new teacher, but actually help close the achievement gap for their kids.
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I've never been a big horror genre fan, but I did go see 'Nightmare on Elm Street' in the theaters and I dug it. I thought it was cool.
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Historically, there has been a bull market in commodities every 20 or 30 years.
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One of the inescapable encumbrances of leading an interesting life is that there have to be moments when you almost lose it.
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I wish more of us could understand that our increasing isolation, no matter how much it seems to express pride and self-affirmation, is not the answer to our problems. Rather, the answer is a revival of our ancient commitment to God, who rules over all the peoples of the world and exalts no one over any other, and to the moral and spiritual values which were once legendary in America. We must reach out our hand in friendship both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
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"I criticize America because I love her. I want her to stand as a moral example to the world."
