"Itâ€™s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

#Equality Quotes #Men Quotes #Bootstraps Quotes

“In middle age I've begun to embrace stress reducing behaviors. Just in doing yoga, for example, my health has improved dramatically.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com
“I'm proud of the way I've dealt with setbacks. It's hard when you feel down and you think, 'Why is the world doing this to me?' But you have to pick yourself up again. That's what makes you a better athlete.”
“All faithful members of the Lord's Church are equally blessed by priesthood ordinances.”
“But I am sure also that from a political point of view, and from a social point of view the federal link, without infringing the sovereignty of any of the nations which might take part in such as association, could be beneficial.”
“A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes" by Brian Switek, www.theguardian.com. January 19, 2013.
“New approaches are needed, new orientations in both thought and action. We must make the transition to a new civilization...We are talking of a transition toward a new civilization. No one knows what it will be like. What is important is to orient in that direction... I am convinced that a new civilization will inevitably take on certain features that are characteristic of, or inherent in, the socialist ideal.”
“First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be so important that its adversaries claim that they themselves discovered it.”
“Brad Pitt is older than Archie Bunker was in the first two seasons of All In The Family.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 19, 2013

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