"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 I had the privilege of meeting them both."

-- Monte Irvin

#Kings Quotes #Hero Quotes #Men Quotes

“I had two cups of coffee, put Eric's jeans in the washer, read a romance for awhile, and studied my brand-new Word of the Day calendar, a Christmas gift from Arlene. My first word of the New Year was 'exsanguinate.' This was probably not a good omen.”

Source : Charlaine Harris (2005). “Dead to the World”, p.29, Penguin
“The law needs to be applied to everyone equally and the Home Office has previous in banning hate preachers engaging in rhetoric similar to that of [Donald] Trump.”
“There is a source of power in each of us that we don't realize until we take responsibility.”
“Without a mission statement, you may get to the top of the ladder and then realize it was leaning against the wrong building!”
“I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders.”
“Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.”
“I will beg, will take to my knees, will listen to snow stroking air, a sky of gasps, will open my mouth, swallow, somewhere else the sky is falling, somewhere else it gets back up.”

Source : Bob Hicok (2007). “This clumsy living”, Univ of Pittsburgh Pr
“I wanted to be a set designer when I was young.”

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