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.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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Of course I get hurt.
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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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Acting is in your soul.
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When I'm home, I'm Daddy, and everything is completely normal.
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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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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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Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.
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My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.
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No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.
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Nobody who gets too damned relaxed builds up much flying time.
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I like the fact that I'm from the South and that I have this rich history behind me. I come from a family of storytellers. They can't just tell you how someone went to the store. They have to tell you who they saw, what they were wearing, what they said, what they had in their grocery cart.
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To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
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What has made America great have been the opportunities given to everyone in this country. Since our founding, individuals and families have come to America to seek freedom, opportunity and the choice for a better life.
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Wall Street's crime, in the eyes of its classical enemies, was less its power than its morals.
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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.
