Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

John Cage

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That's always been a dream for me, to be able to collaborate and make music with the people that inspired you to make music.

Jerry Cantrell

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When you boil it down, most movies are message movies. And I think careers are made in message movies.

John Schneider

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I was the most reckless little kid. I only had guy friends. I had a Nintendo, and when I went to normal school, I used to tape it under my desk and then pull it out and play on it.

Sofia Richie

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I thought my character definitely was very much in love with him and wanted to be with him, but I think at some point they were going to have to draw the line.

Rosario Dawson

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What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.

Lucretius

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I love to read, I love to watch movies, and I love to be with my children.

Cornelia Funke

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I didn't just grow up with horses; I wanted to be one.

Clare Balding

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I haven't had television since 1991, and it definitely influences me. As a child of the 1970s, I couldn't hold a narrative in my head; I was lucky if I could hold a joke in my head, because every time you turn on television or radio, it wipes the slate clean - at least in my case.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Yes, I backed the hula hoop. And I had a lot of other people come to me with ideas that turned out well.

Art Linkletter

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I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life.

Armistead Maupin

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I was distressed that after 9/11, when the United States was attacked by terrorists, the United States' response was to attack Afghanistan, where some of the terrorists had been.

Alice Walker

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