Coretta Scott King Quotes

There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.

Coretta Scott King

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 27, 1927 - January 30, 2006

Topics

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I don't lose my temper. I used to, but I realised I would probably die of a brain hemorrhage. So I've governed myself not to mind about things. I have no road rage or anything like that. Because it's life-shortening. And also, there's no need for it; it uses up energy.

Joanna Lumley

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Dad worked in a warehouse when I was little and I didn't see him for three years as he was doing all the overtime God gave him to buy me new ballet shoes, or a new tutu.

Jennifer Ellison

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I took the California Highway Patrol exam and didn't pass, so I tried to be a cop and failed.

John Cena

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To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.

Robert M. Pirsig

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If you let go of fart jokes, you've let go of a piece of humanity.

Andy Samberg

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Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.

John Ruskin

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I am much interested and honoured by what you tell me of C. S. Lewis.

Ruth Pitter

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I was moved by the 'Lovings' story because of my own background as a mixed-race person.

Ruth Negga

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In Britain, we need to start presenting the option of being a writer in front of black women. We need to present the idea of being a writer into poorer communities because the majority of black people in this country are working class. We need to let working-class people know that their voices are important.

Michaela Coel

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It looks like the future's really bright.

Michael P. Anderson

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Yeah, I think of what I do as a work of journalism. It's more like the op-ed page, though. These are my opinions. My point of view. The opinions are mine and I let you make up your own mind.

Michael Moore

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I was always the champion and will always be as long as I'm in the featherweight division.

Jose Aldo

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