I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work.
- William Ernest Hocking - In Old Age
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A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - In Mortality
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The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - In Equality
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I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - In Equality
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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - In Equality
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You couldn't get hold of the things you'd done and turn them right again. Such a power might be given to the gods, but it was not given to women and men, and that was probably a good thing. Had it been otherwise, people would probably die of old age still trying to rewrite their teens.
- Stephen King - In Experience
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Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - In Faith
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Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.
- Barbara Kingsolver - In Life
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Why does a person even get up in the morning? You have breakfast, you floss your teeth so you'll have healthy gums in your old age, and then you get in your car and drive down I-10 and die. Life is so stupid I can't stand it.
- Barbara Kingsolver - In Life
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If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books.
- Alan King - In Marriage
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Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
- Alan King - In Marriage
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
- Alan King - In Marriage
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Banks have a new image. Now you have 'a friend,' your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?
- Alan King - In Marriage
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The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance... logic can be happily tossed out the window.
- Stephen King - In Religion
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Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - In Science
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Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - In Science
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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
- Billie Jean King - In Sports
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
- Billie Jean King - In Sports
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Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.
- Larry King - In Success
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I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
- Stephen Hawking - In Technology
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One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - In War
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All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - In Workplace
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I work until beer o'clock.
- Stephen King - In Workplace
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