"Many people fear nothing more terribly than to take a position which stands out sharply and clearly from the prevailing opinion. The tendency of most is to adopt a view that is so ambiguous that it will include everything and so popular that it will include everybody. Not a few men who cherish lofty and noble ideals hide them under a bushel for fear of being called different."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“Environmentalists and rank and file timber workers becoming allies is the most dangerous thing in the world to the timber industry!”
“Christ is the Word of God. It is not in certain texts written in the New Testament, valuable as they are; it is not in certain words which Jesus spoke, vast as is their preciousness; it is in the Word, which Jesus is, that the great manifestation of God is made.”
“The bad things don't seem to happen to bad people.' That's because they already did. There's no original evil left in the world.”
“From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties.”
“LISTEN: If you ever wondered what you would do if you were alive in the Civil Rights Movement, NOW IS THE TIME to find out. NOW. RIGHT NOW.”

Source : "The Amazing Black Activists We’re Thankful For in 2015" By Zeba Blay, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 23, 2015.
“But seek till ye find, and, whatever ye find for the present, let your last act be to lay and leave yourselves on the righteousness of His Son, expecting life through His name, according to the promise of the Father.”

Source : "The Scots Worthies". Book by John Howie and William M'Gavin, Vol. 2, p. 344, 1830.
“How you make it in this world, for the most part, depends more on what you do as opposed to whether people like or dislike you. In order to produce a successful life, one must find ways to please his fellow man. That is, find out what goods and services his fellow man values, and is willing to pay for, and then acquire the necessary skills and education to provide it.”
“I was miserable in West Side Story. They really miscast me. I came from the Midwest; what they really needed was a guy that was street smart. The first time I saw the movie, I had to walk out. I looked like the biggest fruit that ever walked on to film. My character was so weak.”

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