Quotes 161 till 180 of 228.
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The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.
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The one who count are those persons who-though they may be of little renown-respond to and are responsible for the continuation of the living spirit.
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The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
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The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be.
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The true manipulator never has a reputation for manipulating.
London Fields (1989) -
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
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The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.
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The worst of all tragedies is not to die young, but to live until I am seventy-five and yet not ever truly to have lived.
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There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
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There is no gay leader anywhere near the stature of Martin Luther King, because black activism drew on the profound spiritual tradition of the church, to which gay political rhetoric is childishly hostile.
Vamps and Tramps (1994) -
There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage.
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There is no wisdom save in truth. Truth is everlasting, but our ideas about truth are changeable. Only a little of the first fruits of wisdom, only a few fragments of the boundless heights, breadths and depths of truth, have I been able to gather.
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There is nothing in all the world greater than freedom. It is worth paying for; it is worth losing a job for; it is worth going to jail for. I would rather be a free pauper than a rich slave. I would rather die in abject poverty with my convictions than live in inordinate riches with the lack of self respect.
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There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.
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There is only one god, and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: "Not today."
A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1: A Game of Thrones (1996) -
There's nothing greater in the world than when somebody on the team does something good, and everybody gathers around to pat him on the back.
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