"We have come a long way in America because of Martin Luther King, Jr. He led a disciplined, nonviolent revolution under the rule of law, a revolution of values, a revolution of ideas. We've come a long way, but we still have a distance to go before all of our citizens embrace the idea of a truly interracial democracy, what I like to call the Beloved Community, a nation at peace with itself."

-- John Lewis

#Kings Quotes #Distance Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“If you have half a story and you don't know the rest, you use what you have to pry the rest out of someone.”
“It takes a lot of effort to win back credibility after having lost it so heavily.”
“It's not always easy to distinguish between existentialism and a bad mood.”

Source : Matthew Woodring Stover (2008). “Blade of Tyshalle”, p.992, Del Rey
“It's great hearing stories of my mum growing up in Brooklyn, then moving to Florida, having me and growing up with this eccentric, fun family. Although I don't eat a lot of Italian things, because I'm vegan. I was raised on meat and cheese, so I've had enough for anyone's normal life span.”
“Like Rousseau, whom he resembles even more than he resembles Voltaire , Shaw never gave a social form to his assertiveness, never desired to arrive and to assimilate himself, or wield authority as of right.”
“It is nice to make a record and people like it, and it's encouraging.”
“I would love to do films - ones that get seen.”
“A lot of stand-up comedy guys, when they get a little famous, just give up their stand-up career, and it cancels out the thing that set them apart.”

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