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Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation's progress towards the realization of… — Adam Schiff
I have been inspired by Martin Luther King and how he inspired a movement. I have learned that a cause must be organic; if it… — Simon Sinek
In 1974, when I started working with the material that became 'Horses,' a lot of our great voices had died. We'd lost Jimi Hendrix and… — Patti Smith
From time to time, you have seminal personalities who really change the way the world sees itself - people like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson… — Guy Spier
I was raised in Arizona, and I went to public school, and the extent of my knowledge of the civil-rights movement was the story of… — Emma Stone
I took an interest in the Civil Rights Movement. I listened to Martin Luther King. The Vietnam War was raging. When I was 18, I… — Radhanath Swami
You supposed to be able to do anything in this world. That's what Martin Luther King told me. — Lil Wayne
We will not allow this day of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial to go without somebody going to jail. — Cornel West
I wasn't predicted to be anything. I just followed an inner spirit, and it put me in the right place and the right time. I… — Andrew Young
I think that not only do saints make poor role models, they are incapable in one sense of identifying radically with those of us who… — Michael Eric Dyson
I think we have to face right in the center of the hurricane, if you will, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s foibles and faults. I think… — Michael Eric Dyson
The library of my elementary school had this great biography section, and I read all of these paperback biographies until they were dog-eared. The story… — Christine Quinn
I figure if Doc is right about the time I have left,I should wrap up my adolescence in the next few days, get into my… — Chris Crutcher
Tommy moved on. "Lash, your people have been oppressed for hundreds of years. It's time to strike back. Look, you don't have your MBA yet… — Christopher Moore
Pigmentation was a quick and convenient way of judging a person. One of us, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., once proposed we instead judge people… — Jon Stewart
Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly. — Jay-Z
Essentially, I'm a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good, I suppose. But one of the… — Bono
It's great having Bruce Springsteen on my show. We have so much in common! We're both from New Jersey, just from different neighborhoods. Sort of… — Jon Stewart
Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others. All of them, from Martin Luther King Day to Arbor Day to Christmas to Valentine's Day, are… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream was a manifestation of hope that humanity might one day get out of its own way by finding the… — Aberjhani
We talk a lot about Malcom X and Martin Luther King JR, but It's time to be like them, as strong as them. They were… — Tupac Shakur
I want to play Martin Luther King. That is absolutely a role and a character who is important to the landscape of the world that… — Columbus Short
The saddest face I ever saw on Martin Luther King was at the funeral of the four little girls slain in Birmingham, Alabama. — James A. Forbes
Martin Luther King, with whom I worked very closely, became very distressed when a number of the ministers working for him wanted him to dismiss… — Bayard Rustin
My all-time heroes are Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., two men who had to really work to achieve what they did. And… — Monte Irvin

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