David Garrow Quotes

I have very purposely never signed up with commercial lecture agencies as most, I think, prominent historical authors do because, to me, that's a contradiction of who I believe I am given my absorption of the teaching of Martin Luther King, Jr.

David Garrow

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I AmKingMeBelieveThinkNever

Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth.

Jessica Savitch

TimeI AmMeBackEarthBelieving

I am a planter - a cotton planter. I am a Southern man and a slaveholder - a kind and a merciful one, I trust - and none the worse for being a slaveholder.

John C. Calhoun

TrustManI AmKindCottonSouthern

I'm really excited about the revolution that is young people actually playing young people on Broadway.

Jennifer Damiano

PeopleRevolutionYoungYoung People

It's good to work for someone else. Because then you appreciate it more when you are an entrepreneur.

Matt Mullenweg

WorkGoodAppreciateSomeoneYou

Of course it's an honour to be fighting at UFC 100, but I don't sit back and think about that. For me, it is only ever about winning.

Michael Bisping

MeWinningThinkFightingBackSit

Always have an attitude of gratitude.

Sterling K. Brown

AttitudeGratitudeAlways

Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.

Steve Allen

HumorBadOverSocialUsGet

I never really had a teenage experience. I went from childhood to maturity, and in some ways, it short-circuited me emotionally.

Robbie Robertson

ExperienceChildhoodMaturityMe

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

Ruth Benedict

FutureFaithPresentLongOutOur

Not being afraid to be wrong - I had to learn how to do that.

Michelle Obama

LearnWrongAfraidBeingHowHad

It is my position that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens.

Michael Mullen

WomenMenLieLookPlaceYoung

I'm not sitting around saying, 'Man, I'd really love to direct a western.' That's just not something I'm probably going to do, mostly because I'm allergic to horses.

Josh Radnor

LoveManSayingSittingGoingJust

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