Martin Jackson famous quotes

Lots of old slaves closes the door before they tell the truth about their days of slavery.
-- Martin Jackson

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When one door opens, so does another one.

Life is no straight and easy corridor along which we travel free and unhampered, but a maze of passages, through which we must seek our way, lost and confused, now and again checked in a blind alley. But always, if we have faith, a door will open for us, not perhaps one that we ourselves would ever have thought of, but one that will ultimately prove good for us

The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.

Everything seems overwhelming when you stand back and look at the totality of it. I build a lot of stuff and it would all seem impossible if I didn't break it down piece by piece, stage by stage. The best gift you can give yourself is some drive--that thing inside of you that gets you out the door to the gym, job interviews, and dates. The believe-in-yourself adage is grossly overrated.

As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways. Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

I want to use my gifts to tell the truth, and to tell it as beautifully as I can.

I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it.

It has always been desirable to tell the truth, but seldom if ever necessary.

The existence of the writer is to write, and to write is to tell the truth.