Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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Novels are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer, nor do I tend to gravitate to them as a reader.
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Baseball is not a lot of statistics to me. It's blood and tears.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.
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I'm such a big TLC fan, so I love singing 'Waterfalls' in the shower.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.
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I love children. I just don't know if I'm ready to have kids. I feel like I have more time. Kids are cute, you know? They need a lot of help - that's the thing.
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Find a type of exercise that you love - whether it's dance, soccer, softball, anything - just as long as it keeps you active. If you love it, you'll dedicate yourself to it and stay involved.
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Dance should mean something to you.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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There are a lot of magazines that are still sort of... that only cater to a certain demographic and only put certain people on their covers.
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I love Ben Affleck so much. He's an amazing director.
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Going back to my own past as a reader, I was a big, big reader of romances, particularly as a teenager, the age that my books are aimed at.
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.
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It's easy for people to strike if they're not working on a regular basis.
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I don't think you should have everybody's information from their bank. There should be some process: accusations and proof that you've committed a crime.
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Without nourishing our own souls, we can't nourish the world, for we cannot give what we do not have. As we attend to our souls, we emanate invisibly and involuntarily the light we have received.
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Craig Newmark looks like the kind of guy who would help you move your apartment, sell your furniture, get a job, or help you find that cute girl you saw on the subway.
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Planning is thinking beforehand how something is to be made or done, and mixing imagination with the product - which in a broad sense makes all of us planners. The only difference is that some people get a license to get paid for thinking and the rest of us just contribute our good thoughts to our fellow man.
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To deny a man a job is to say that a man has no right to exist.
