Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.
Quotes to Explore
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As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out information that confirms their prejudices - ignorance, extremism and close-mindedness have continued to rise unabated.
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Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.
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I don't focus much on video. I watch here and there, perhaps two or three of my opponent's fights. That gives me a good idea of his style.
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The ADA is essential in helping me overcome the obstacles I face as a Wounded Warrior and empowers me to assist other veterans. It allows me to be physically active, have my pilot's license, and serve in Congress.
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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There's a lot of projection that if you're in service then you shouldn't look good. I'm no different from anybody else. I like clothes, I like shoes, I like to go have nice dinners, I like to dance. Just because I've dedicated myself to serving women, why do you think I need to sacrifice myself?
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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Political correctness has become a straightjacket.
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We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict.
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You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.
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I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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What America needs is not Robin Hood but Adam Smith.
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I introduced legislation in the Senate to prohibit President Obama's amnesty. The House of Representatives stood up and led. It took the legislation I introduced and it passed it. But the Senate Democrats stood as one uniform block and said, 'No, we will do nothing to stop amnesty.'
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It's good that I put my personal ego aside. My basketball ego was, 'Why we negotiating?' But my personal ego didn't take it personal. I put my personal ego aside a little bit.
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As we women know, there are so many other hurdles that we have to cross that I would love it if we could stop having the race conversation so that we can get women further on. You know, a female president now that we have an African American president. Maybe we can get an Asian female, a gay person?
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I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about law just didn't really have enough of that.
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In England, when we're at drama school, we spend a lot of time learning the craft from playwrights and stage actors, who are very well trained in the basics of acting because they need to get it right the first time - you can't have second or third takes when you're in front of a live audience, unlike in film.
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I grew up in Chicago, IL. I've got three siblings.
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I used to work in a factory and I was really happy because I could daydream all day.
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People can live without a Facebook account: my 13-year-old daughter has cancelled her account because it's not cool anymore.
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What can you do? You're never going to be - I'm sure there are people out there who think Cindy Crawford isn't pretty.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.
