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Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: leader
Nationality: american
Birth: January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968

Topics

Day End Silent Matter Become Begin

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.

Yourself World Selfish Decisions You

If you can't access it, all the resources in the universe won't do you any good.

Good Universe You Resources Access

There have been many, many paintings of Theseus and the Minotaur, as it is one of the more popular myths, so how could I make mine different and new? I decided it would be best to make the most dynamic painting I could. I wanted to capture the moment right before the Minotaur's horn was snapped.

Moment Best Painting New Capture

My family were great story-tellers. My mum was one of 12 and they were all fighting to tell stories. You have to tell a good tale or no one is going to listen. You have to make it entertaining and interesting. That's how I learned to tell stories.

Family Good Great Fighting You Tell

My favourite time of year is two weeks before Christmas when everybody's up for it - you're having lunches with people, drinking Cosmopolitans, and getting ready for something exciting!

Time People Year You Ready Up

I love my kid. I love a boring life.

Life Love Boring Kid I Love

Definitely, it's hard being a young artist and being taken seriously.

Artist Young Seriously Hard Being

People are always asking me what my favorite food is. I say, 'Food that tells me where I am.'

Food I Am People Me Say Asking

But my big thing was always the blues.

Blues Always Big Thing Big Thing

I have a ton of broken baby hairs in front. It just comes with the territory of being a soccer player.

Broken Baby Soccer Being Just Front

I write incredibly slowly. And, on top of that, I spent my entire youth and twenties working like a dog, so one of the things that happened when I finished 'Drown' was that I got busy living. I'd never travelled, I'd never seen anything. So I did as much travelling as my job teaching would allow.

Dog Job Youth Busy Living Never

My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me. He would tell us about Greenwich Village and show us the 'Village Voice' and describe his life, but it was all sort of subversive and below the radar.

Life Teacher Art Man Me Voice

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