Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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• I studied neuroscience at the cellular level, so I was looking at learning and memory in the visual cortex of rats. Neuroscience mainly exposed me to a way of thinking - about experimentation, about what you believe to be true and how you could prove it - and how to approach things in a methodical manner.

  

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• I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.

  

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• The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

  

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• Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.

  

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• I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.

  

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• It's rare for artists to really stare deeply at themselves in the mirror, literally, because there's constantly a mirror on you.

  

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• We should teach the students, as well as executives, how to conduct experiments, how to examine data, and how to use these tools to make better decisions.

  

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• The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.

  

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• I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.

  

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• I like having a bunch of different experiences. I don't want to do just one thing for the rest of my life.

  

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• Whether I build a character from the ground up or develop one, whether within my own copyright or in licensed work, I can step into that character's mind. It takes a kind of voluntary dissociation akin to method acting, military planning, marketing, or detective work: to think like the other guy and work out what he's going to do next.

  

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• I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.

  

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• My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.

  

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• We never really got married. When we both wanted to we never had the money, somehow. And when we had the money, there was always some kind of quarrel. After a couple of years everybody thought we were married anyway.

  

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• Inspiration is everywhere - film, television, newspapers, novels, overheard conversations, whatever you can tap into. It's out there, and I've been at this long enough to know that it won't always just come to me; sometimes I have to go get it.

  

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• I really believe in the power of the individual to make change, and our family is a real collection of individuals.

  

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• I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Power
  • Love Is
  • Convinced