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“You may be 38 years old, as I happen to be. And one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause. And you refuse to do it because you are afraid…. You refuse...

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about fight, old, olderness, principle, chance, home, house, death, spirit, day

Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is...

Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about liberty, slavery, night, self-control, common sense, sense

There are some things so dear, some things so precious, some things so eternally true, that they are worth dying for. And I submit to you that if a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about aspiration, things, man

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose...

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about infinite, hope

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others? '

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about life, question

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do...

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about wisdom, hate, light, love

In the end, we will remember not the words of our...

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about wisdom, enemies, silence, end

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere...

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about ignorance

I was living in LA and trying to get out of a bad record...

I was living in LA and trying to get out of a bad record contract. I worked under an assumed name, the Piano Stylings of Bill Martin!

Quote by Billy Joel about name, bad luck, bad

You know “that look” women get when they want sex? Me...

You know “that look” women get when they want sex? Me neither.

Quote by Steve Martin about sex

Every year or so, I try to do something; it keeps me refreshed as to what's going on in front of the lens, and I understand what the actor is going through.

Quote by Martin Scorsese about work, actors

I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires...

I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction.

Quote by Martin Scorsese about history, old, destruction, fall, love

I'm going to be 60, and I'm almost used to myself.

I'm going to be 60, and I'm almost used to myself.

Quote by Martin Scorsese about age

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

Quote by Martin Scorsese about simplicity, things

You can always do more than you thought you can do.

You can always do more than you thought you can do.

Quote by Roger Martin du Gard about philosophy, thinking

I'm not interested in seeing too much reality anymore....

I'm not interested in seeing too much reality anymore. I'd rather watch a Dean Martin concert and let the world go by.

Quote by Dennis Farina about reality, world

A rise in the level of saving can reduce aggregate activity temporarily but only a sustained high level of saving makes it possible to have the sustained high level of business investment that contributes to the long-run growth of output.

Quote by Martin Feldstein about activity, affair

A second reason why science cannot replace judgement is...

A second reason why science cannot replace judgement is the behavior of financial markets.

Quote by Martin Feldstein about science, reason

After all, an overvalued dollar gives us the ability to buy foreign goods at lower prices. And the existing volume of exports brings more yen and euros than they would if the dollar were more competitive.

Quote by Martin Feldstein about commerce, ability

Although economists have studied the sensitivity of import and export volumes to changes in the exchange rate, there is still much uncertainty about just how much the dollar must change to bring about any given reduction in our trade deficit.

Quote by Martin Feldstein about commerce, change

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