Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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The virtues of the blockchain is that it would be that it's peer-to-peer settlement - no centralized settlement, no manipulation... And most importantly, there's nothing to capture. It's consensus based. It's stateless.
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The latest revelation - from no Mount Sinai, Sermon on the Mount or Bo tree - is the outcry of mute things themselves that we must heed by curbing our powers over creation, lest we perish together on a wasteland of what that creation once was.
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There's so many confusing messages that you're being sent about being pretty but not too pretty, smart but not too smart, ambitious but in a way that makes people comfortable. It's very hard to navigate.
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My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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Every artist was first an amateur.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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At every Christmas, I fail to remember the daughters' shoe sizes, and they are not growing, but grown. After ostensible hard thought about who needs what, I have failed to give good gifts; I have failed to receive good gifts.
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Early in the morning, it's super tough for me to eat right away, but I still need energy for practice. I try to start out with a protein smoothie, a green juice, or some sort of fruit.
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Part of what makes your performances more convincing is that your own image isn't getting in the way. And the more you can keep it like that, the better for your work and your state of mind.
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Parts of the world can be very hostile to differences, social or artistic.
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The liberals will surely argue that every person has the right to fall in love with no regard to religion, creed or gender, but I am not that liberal.
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When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.
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Getting to communicate with many people through our shows was just great in itself and I felt a lot of energy. I think I learned what love is through our concert.
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There are limits beyond which your folly will not carry you. I am glad of that. In fact, I am relieved.
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I say legalize marijuana because we have a chance to leave this world a better place for our children. Marijuana legalization is job creation, tax dollars, something to rejuvenate our pathetic economy. This is a multibillion-dollar industry. This is about jobs; this is about economics; this is about freedom. This is about taking our country back.
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One of the reasons I don't have kids is because I think people would have been very unfair to them. Think of it. You're still asking me questions about The Exorcist.
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Cowardice asks the question, is it safe?
